The Space Transportation Committee activities are devoted to different types of transportation systems (by systems we mean, the system and/or the propulsion stages, expendable or reusable, manned or unmanned) and to their safety and support operations.

1. Launch and Re-entry Systems

   Future improvements and derivatives.

2. Space Transfer Systems Discussion of systems for transferring payloads from one space location to various destinations, including servicing and manned and unmanned systems.
3. Advanced Concepts - Systems

   Discussion of new designs and new concepts of systems, including winged stages, single stage to orbit, and any other advanced systems.

4. Advanced Concepts - Technologies

   Discussion of the technologies necessary to support the advanced concepts including winged stages, single stage to orbit and any other advanced space transportation systems.

5. Surface and Flight Operations

   Discussion of operations with associated information management and control operations. Included are on-going hardware and software developments and new concepts for launch, rendez-vous, in-orbit servicing and intervention, re-entry, landing, safety and rescue.