Notice2022-09549
Notice of Request for Comment
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May 4, 2022
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On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), the In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) Interagency Working Group coordinates science and technology policy, strategy, and federal research and development (R&D) pertaining to ISAM-related capabilities. NSTC operates under the auspices of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This coordinated effort aims to ensure that U.S. leadership in servicing, assembly, manufacturing capabilities in space and their applications is maintained and expanded for future use. OSTP requests input from all interested parties on the In-space Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) National Strategy,\1\ and on specific U.S. Government actions or initiatives to advance the strategy's stated goals. Input received will inform the ISAM Interagency Working Group's development of an ISAM implementation plan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26377-26378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09549]
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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Notice of Request for Comment
AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy.
ACTION: Notice of Request for Comment.
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SUMMARY: On behalf of the National Science and Technology Council
(NSTC), the In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM)
Interagency Working Group coordinates science and technology policy,
strategy, and federal research and development (R&D) pertaining to
ISAM-related capabilities. NSTC operates under the auspices of the
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). This coordinated effort
aims to ensure that U.S. leadership in servicing, assembly,
manufacturing capabilities in space and their applications is
maintained and expanded for future use. OSTP requests
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input from all interested parties on the In-space Servicing, Assembly
and Manufacturing (ISAM) National Strategy,\1\ and on specific U.S.
Government actions or initiatives to advance the strategy's stated
goals. Input received will inform the ISAM Interagency Working Group's
development of an ISAM implementation plan.
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\1\ <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04-2022-ISAM-National-Strategy-Final.pdf">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04-2022-ISAM-National-Strategy-Final.pdf</a>.
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DATES: Responses are due by June 30, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Interested individuals and organizations should submit
comments electronically to Ezinne Uzo-Okoro at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#503923313d103f2324207e353f207e373f26"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c455f4d416c435f585c0249435c024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
Further information may be received by calling 202-456-4444.
Instructions: Response to this RFC is voluntary. Respondents need
not reply to all questions listed. Each individual or institution is
requested to submit only one response. OSTP and/or NSTC may post
responses to this RFC, without change, on a Federal website. OSTP,
therefore, requests that no business proprietary information,
copyrighted information, or personally identifiable information be
submitted in response to this RFC. Please note that the United States
Government will not pay for response preparation, or for the use of any
information contained in the response.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ISAM Interagency Working Group has
commenced the development of an implementation plan to be released in
2022. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 6622, OSTP is soliciting public input
through this RFC to obtain recommendations from a wide range of
stakeholders, including representatives from industry, academia, other
relevant organizations and institutions, and the general public. Input
provided in response to this RFC will inform OSTP and NSTC as they work
with Federal departments and agencies and other stakeholders to develop
an In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing implementation plan.
This implementation plan will identify key actions to advance the goals
and objectives outlined in the ISAM national strategy published in
April 2022. The national strategy can be found at: <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04-2022-ISAM-National-Strategy-Final.pdf">https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/04-2022-ISAM-National-Strategy-Final.pdf</a>.
Implementing this strategy will help the United States realize the
benefits of ISAM capabilities by taking steps to: improve coordination
and collaboration both within the USG, as well as among the USG,
academia, industry, and international partners; send a clear and
consistent demand signal to private industry in order to stimulate
investment, mitigate risk, and address investor confidence; and
establish and adopt ISAM standards to help promote growth. The strategy
is organized around six goals: (1) Advance ISAM research and
development, (2) prioritize expanding scalable ISAM infrastructure, (3)
accelerate the emerging ISAM commercial industry, (4) promote
international collaboration and cooperation, (5) prioritize
environmental sustainability and 6) inspire the future space workforce.
OSTP seeks public input from the community of ISAM stakeholders on
what priorities the government should focus on in the implementation
plan. This includes actions for government-sponsored initiatives/
coordination; the roles of academia, nonprofit, and industry actors in
addressing these actions; and potential avenues for coordination
between actors across public and private sectors.
Questions To Inform Development of the Implementation Plan
OSTP seeks responses to the following questions to improve
government coordination and to provide long-term guidance for Federal
programs and activities in support of the United States In-space
Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing implementation plan.
(1) What specific technologies and capabilities require priority
R&D focus to enable and advance the development of a suite of
commercial ISAM capabilities over the next 10-15 years?
(2) What infrastructure, ground, space-based, or digital, or other
non-monetary resources will be critical to enabling the advancement of
ISAM capabilities and the commercial ISAM industry?
(3) What factors (e.g., demand for services, lack of regulation,
government funding, USG space priorities and space architecture
decisions, significant debris event) may accelerate or decelerate
progress in the development and advancement of the ISAM industry?
(4) What are the most effective kinds of partnerships, between the
U.S. Government, industry, and academia, that would advance ISAM
industry maturity and ISAM capabilities? What partnership opportunities
exist, both nationally and internationally, outside of the Federal
Government?
(5) What are the highest priority actions that the USG can take
over the next five years to implement the goals outlined in the ISAM
strategy?
Dated: April 29, 2022.
Stacy Murphy,
Operations Manager.
[FR Doc. 2022-09549 Filed 5-3-22; 8:45 am]
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