verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message transformational space corporation t space type private industry launch services prototyping exploration technologies genre commercial spaceflight founded early 2004 headquarters reston virginia united states key people charles a. duelfer ceo chairman david gump president products cvx manned vehicle services consultation services website www.transformspace.com t space or transformational space corporation was an american aerospace company which participated in nasa s commercial orbital transportation services cots and later commercial crew development ccdev programs for delivering cargo and crew to the international space station . the company was headquartered in reston virginia . contents 1 history 2 people 3 cxv proposal 4 vse proposal 4.1 spiral 1 earth to orbit 4.2 spiral 2 earth to moon 4.3 launch elements 5 gallery 6 references 7 external links history edit in september 2004 t space was one of eleven companies selected by nasa to conduct preliminary concept studies for the crew exploration vehicle and human lunar exploration for which it received a us 3 million contract . 1 the company was competing with larger and more established companies such as lockheed martin boeing and northrop grumman to provide vehicle and architecture advice to nasa for the vision for space exploration . in may 2006 out of a field of more than 20 firms of all sizes 2 the company was one of six finalists in the cots competition for funded agreements with nasa . 3 spacex and rocketplane kistler received the two funded agreements in august 2006 . 4 in january 2007 nasa signed a space act agreement with t space on technical assistance and data access to help the company develop its privately funded spacecraft for bringing passengers and cargo to the iss and to private space habitats . citation needed in 2011 t space proposed an eight person crew or cargo recoverable reusable transfer spacecraft to nasa under the commercial crew development phase 2 program ccdev2 . the concept spacecraft could launch on a variety of launch vehicles including the atlas v falcon 9 and taurus ii . 5 the t space proposal was not selected for nasa funding . 6 people edit the company s ceo is charles duelfer who ran the search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq and the president is david gump of lunacorp . when lon levin a co founder of xm satellite radio is the chief strategy officer ; jim voss a five time astronaut and member of expedition two to the iss is vice president of space exploration technology ; and bretton alexander a former white house aide who helped draft the plan to explore the moon and mars is vice president of corporate and external affairs . citation needed cxv proposal edit t space was working on designs when for an air launched passenger carrying capsule termed the crew transfer vehicle or cxv . in contrast to the space shuttle and other companies cev proposals this craft would be specialized for transferring astronauts to and from low earth orbit along with modest amounts of cargo on the same flights . the capsule would be launched on an upscaled version of airlaunch s quickreach rocket under development for darpa s falcon program . this rocket would be dropped from the bottom of a custom designed scaled composites aircraft or a modified boeing 747 with landing gear modifications to accommodate the rocket . the return capsule uses a design similar to that of the corona spy satellites . the capsule structure would be built by scaled composites . citation needed under their plan the cxv would have been capable of docking with the international space station a commercial habitat such as those being developed by bigelow aerospace or a cev specialized for earth moon transit . citation needed vse proposal edit t space s proposal for using cargo canisters as lunar habitats t space s proposed architecture for the vision for space exploration emphasized market based competition with initial government funding intended to spawn a self sustaining commercial infrastructure . in their proposal nasa would have acted as a general goal setter and consumer t space would have developed an open overall architecture and other companies would have competed to construct components of that architecture . as of their december 2004 midterm architecture briefing to nasa their proposed transportation architecture included three types of elements spiral 1 earth to orbit spiral 2 earth to moon and launch elements . in general their plan for a lunar expedition involved the use of a flotilla of small simple and inexpensive vehicles rather than a single elaborate vehicle . spiral 1 earth to orbit edit initially this would have consisted only of an s1 cxv a small craft designed to transport a crew of up to six between the earth s surface and low earth orbit . in preparation for a lunar mission a series of s1 tankers would have been designed and launched to transport propellant to orbit . spiral 2 earth to moon edit the s2 cev was designed to transport up to six crew between low earth orbit and the moon . these vehicles would have been launched uncrewed with crew being launched on an s1 cxv and transferring in orbit to the larger craft via docking . for each s2 cev eight s1 tanker flights were needed to supply fuel in orbit . after a mission the s2 cev wouldn t have reentered the atmosphere but would have instead transferred crew back to an s1 cxv . the s2 tanker was designed to supply fuel to s2 cevs en route to the moon . filling an individual s2 tanker would have required sixteen s1 tanker flights . the plan for a lunar mission involved two s2 cevs departing from earth orbit with crews of 2 3 half the maximum and large amounts of cargo much of which was to be deposited at the moon . the s2 cevs were refueled en route by the s2 tankers . if one of the s2 cevs were damaged the crew from both vehicles could empty excess cargo from the remaining vehicle and use a single s2 cev to return to earth orbit . if both vehicles were operational additional lunar samples may have been returned . launch elements edit the architecture was intended to be modular with spiral 1 and 2 elements to be launched on commercially produced rockets . the company was outlining a couple of options an airplane launched rocket system to be developed by scaled composites and airlaunch llc and ground launch systems developed by companies such as spacex and kistler aerospace . gallery edit spiral 1 elements spiral 2 elements launch elements references edit t space wins nasa lunar exploration contract . spaceref.com . 2004 09 02 . retrieved 2008 07 04 . boyle alan . private ventures vie to service space station . msnbc . retrieved 2011 12 19 . belfiore michael may 9 2006 . nasa makes first round of cuts for cots . dispatches from the final frontier . archived from the original on 2006 06 14 . retrieved 2011 12 19 . nasa selects crew and cargo transportation to orbit partners press release . nasa . 2006 08 18 . retrieved 2011 12 19 . boyle alan 2011 02 11 . let s talk about the final frontier . cosmic log . msnbc . retrieved 2011 02 13 . the proposal calls for the development of a spaceship that could be sent into space on a variety of launch vehicles . ... up to eight crew soyuz like architecture recoverable reusable crew element expendable orbital cargo module . incorporates hmx s patented integral abort system uses oms rcs propellant in separate abort engines . can fly on atlas 401 a configuration for the atlas 5 rocket f9 spacex s falcon 9 or taurus ii enhanced but with a reduced cargo and crew capability on the latter vehicle . goal is to be the lowest price provider on a per seat basis . nominal land recovery with water backup . morring frank jr. 2011 04 22 . five vehicles vie to succeed space shuttle . aviation week . retrieved 2011 02 23 . the ccdev 2 awards ... went to blue origin boeing sierra nevada corp. and space exploration technologies inc. spacex . external links edit t space website final architecture briefing to nasa 2 mar 2005 initial concept presentation 13 sep 2004 nasa page on preliminary vse concept studies last updated 22 nov 2007 accessed 2008 07 03 t space offers an option for closing shuttle cev gap space.com may 9 2005 space race 2 son of shuttle washington times may 10 2005 nasa launches startups for ships wired august 18 2005 analysis of t space s proposal chair force engineer february 9 2006 video animation of the carrier aircraft vla booster quickreach 2 and crew vehicle cxv concept of operations v t e space tourism companies armadillo aerospace bigelow aerospace blue origin airbus d & s golden spike company mojave aerospace ventures orbital sciences corporation citation needed rocketship tours sierra nevada corporation space adventures the spaceship company virgin galactic xcor aerospace organizations arca association of autonomous astronauts astronaute club europ en commercial spaceflight federation copenhagen suborbitals space frontier foundation space tourism society spacecraft cst 100 spaceshiptwo soyuz dragon new shepard new glenn living in space commercialization of space space colonization space habitat space station suborbital spaceplane space competitions america s space prize ansari x prize google lunar x prize space elevator competitions space tourists dennis tito mark shuttleworth gregory olsen anousheh ansari charles simonyi richard garriott guy lalibert tourism on the moon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title t space & oldid 739266916 categories commercial spaceflightprivate spaceflight companiesproposed spacecraftaerospace companies of the united statescompanies based in reston virginiatechnology companies established in 2004defunct spaceflight companieshidden categories articles needing additional references 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