**Spaceport Vision Outcomes/Characteristics**

-   Multi-modal

-   Node of multiple modes (rail, air, truck, sea)

-   Affordability

-   Economy

-   Inter-modal transportation hub

-   High flight rate

-   Isolated

-   Responsiveness

-   Low volumehigh volume

-   High flight rate

-   Provide direct products and services---increase volume, household

-   Quick turnaround times

-   Multi-architects---support different vehicles

-   Passenger handling

-   Can support specific niches

-   Limited modification to spaceport when change vehicles

-   Standardized to support multiple vehicles

-   Ground to flight systems compatible with multiple missions and
    vehicles

-   Highly responsive, affordable

-   Very safe

-   More aligned with mission (e.g., Concord)

-   Meet customer's needs

-   Learn from commercial airport mode of an aerospaceport

-   Can support multiple vehicles

-   Public friendly

-   Environmentally friendly

-   Streamlined regulatory environment

-   Adaptable to new vehicles

-   Flexible to meet new vehicle needs

-   Reduced overhead

-   Specialize for quick turnaround

**Sorted Inputs from ASTWG January Meeting on**

**Spaceport Vision Outcomes/Characteristics**

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| **Outcomes**           | **Characteristics**                         |
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| *                      | **Responsive to customers**                 |
| *Profitable\--\"become |                                             |
| larger than home       | -   Defined by user                         |
| depot\"**              |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
| -   Allow users to be  | <!-- -->                                    |
|     profitable         | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Not after thought of                    |
| -   Must be            |     vehicle\--concurrent design             |
|     self-sustaining    |                                             |
|                        | -   National master planning                |
| -   Business case -    |                                             |
|     must pay all of    | **Safe, secure, & reliable**                |
|     the                |                                             |
|                        | -   Secure & safe                           |
| stakeholders\--include |                                             |
|     companies,         | ```{=html}                                  |
|     community,         | <!-- -->                                    |
|     governments        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Safe/reliable                           |
| -   Profitable         |                                             |
|                        | **High volume**                             |
| **Assure access to     |                                             |
| space**                | **Fast**                                    |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Unlimited          | **High availability**                       |
|     (orbital) access   |                                             |
|                        | -   Open schedule/free access               |
| -   On demand access   |                                             |
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| **Sufficient           | <!-- -->                                    |
| throughput/capacity**  | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Accessible                              |
| **Safety/reliable**    |                                             |
|                        | -   Operational                             |
| **Low cost/responsive  |                                             |
| access**               | -   Rapid turn around time                  |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Reduce ops cost    | -   All/most orbit accessible (Pol, Bu, EQ, |
|                        |     LEO, GEO)                               |
| **Positive community   |                                             |
| value**                | -   All mission dependent                   |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Economic stimulus  | -   All/most weather operations             |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Create jobs/boost  | -   Easy access (facilities/geographical)   |
|     economy            |                                             |
|                        | **Low cost**                                |
| **Flexible/adaptable   |                                             |
| vehicle**              | -   Efficient                               |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Schedule           | -   Responsive/efficient                    |
|     flexibility        |                                             |
|                        | -   Low cost/effective                      |
| -   All transportation |                                             |
|     needs: cargo,      | ```{=html}                                  |
|     people, etc.       | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
| **Fast, safe,          | -   Cheap (use, operate build)              |
| reliable, inexpensive, |                                             |
| convenient**           | -   Efficient                               |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Aircraft like      | -   Efficient flow through process          |
|     operations         |                                             |
|                        | **Positive economic outcome for community** |
| -   Multiple launches  |                                             |
|     per day, automated | -   Business case - must pay all of the     |
|                        |     stakeholders\--include companies,       |
| **Easy to use**        |     community, government                   |
|                        |                                             |
| -   T                  | **Flexible, room to grow**                  |
| ransportation\--roads, |                                             |
|     rail, etc.         | -   Compatible w/multiple vehicles          |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Good logistics     | ```{=html}                                  |
|     support            | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
| -   Minimal            | -   Flexible/adaptive support               |
|     bureaucracy        |                                             |
|                        | -   Expandable                              |
| **More secure**        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
| -   Multiple locations | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
| -   Away from coasts   | -   Flexible                                |
|                        |                                             |
| **Integrated**         | -   Scalable                                |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Synergy between    | -   Open architecture: expandable,          |
|     payload & ground   |     scalable, adaptable                     |
|     mission support    |                                             |
|     requirements       | **User-friendly**                           |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Simplified system  | -   Convenient                              |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Transparent travel | -   Easy to use                             |
|     services           |                                             |
|                        | **Standardized**                            |
| **Global**             |                                             |
|                        | -   Standardize fueling                     |
| -   Hub/spoke          |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
| -   Not constrained to | <!-- -->                                    |
|     one geographic     | ```                                         |
|     location           | -   Standard services                       |
|                        |                                             |
| **Outcomes**           | -   Drives standards for industry           |
|                        |                                             |
| -   Expand & fun       | ```{=html}                                  |
|     niches not yet     | <!-- -->                                    |
|     envisioned         | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Non-vehicle dependent standards         |
| -   Spur/motivate      |                                             |
|     space              | -   Vehicle adaptors                        |
|     launch/travel/R&D  |                                             |
|                        | **Environmental friendly**                  |
| -   Create world peace |                                             |
|                        | -   Environmentally sound                   |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Clean                                   |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Environmentally compliant               |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | **Community synergy**                       |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Public friendly (education &            |
|                        |     commercial)                             |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Neighbor friendly                       |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Cultural/social/economic focus or hub   |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | **Productive workforce**                    |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Optimized to enterprise                 |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Optimized w/r/t automation              |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | **Integrated**                              |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Transportation hub                      |
|                        |     (air/ground/sea/space)                  |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Integrated with other transportation    |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Central hub on ground + vehicle liftoff |
|                        |     away from people (safety)               |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Airport like operations                 |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Co-located next to transportation       |
|                        |     infrastructure (land/sea/ran/air)       |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Each spaceport is a \"node\" in the     |
|                        |     network (natl\'l & global)              |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Implies commonality                     |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Interoperability                        |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Based on aerospace model                |
|                        |                                             |
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|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Spaceport friendly vehicle (interfaces  |
|                        |     well with ground systems)               |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Ship and shoot                          |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | ```{=html}                                  |
|                        | <!-- -->                                    |
|                        | ```                                         |
|                        | -   Lean logistics (process) footprint      |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Self contained                          |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   One stop shopping for services          |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Convenient location                     |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Sunny & warm                            |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Pretty (attractive)                     |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Vehicles to provide payloads            |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Reusable technology                     |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Less dependence on terrestrial range    |
|                        |     assets                                  |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   New tech, or non-standard proving       |
|                        |     ground-\> test range                    |
|                        |                                             |
|                        | -   Liability resistance                    |
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