The X Van Team:

PROJECT MANAGEMENT Note:  The orbital version of the X Van is extremely challenging from the technical point of view because it is purposely designed to be a minimum size.  At the present time, Len Cormier is solely responsible for all technical statements made in connection with the orbital version of the X Van.  Note, however, that the technical challenge represented by the orbital version of the X Van could be relieved by allowing the vehicle -- and pre-opeational investment -- to increase. If we are successful in raising capital, we anticipate no trouble in assembling an appropriate, world-class team of individuals and companies.      Len Cormier:  X Van Project Manager      Pat O'Briant:  X Van Deputy Project Manager      Bill Franklin:  Structures/Configuration Advisor

SPECIAL ADVISORS      Norm Nelson:  Project Management      Jerry Cuffe:  Liquid Rocket Engines      George Robinson:  Space Law and Regulatory Matters

COMPANY TEAM MEMBERS      Rybinsk Motors:  Supplier of RD-38 Lift Turbojets      Yak Aircraft Corporation:  Proposed Airframe Designer/Fabricator      Group of four companies (names to be released in October):           Reusable Pressure-Fed Rocket Propulsion Modules      O'Kon & Company:  Custom Launch and Recovery Apparatus (LARA) and           ground facilities

Len Cormier:  X Van Project Manager On 4 October 1957, the Soviets surprised the world with the launch of Sputnik at a reception for rocket and satellite engineer/scientists. As a result of being a guest at this reception, Len has dedicated most of his efforts during the past 40 years to the pursuit of lower cost access to space. Len began his career in the space business at the National Academy of Sciences in 1956 and at NASA headquarters in 1959. In the early and mid-1960s, he was project engineer for space transportation systems at the Los Angeles Division of North American Aviation, Inc. Frustrated with government and industry approaches to space transportation, Len formed his own company in 1967 to pursue commercial approaches. The initial company was called TranSpace -- later renamed Third Millennium Aerospace, Inc. Except for a two-year period when he was project engineer and program manager for fighter systems at North American Rockwell, Len and his company have sustained themselves for the past thirty years with a wide variety of aerospace consulting projects. Len feels that he and his company have made evolutionary improvements on their launch vehicle concepts over the years -- with the result that the 1998 concepts are superior, particularly from the business and investment points of view. From 1943 to 1967, Len served as a Naval Aviation cadet, Navy fighter pilot, and executive officer of an ASW patrol squadron on active duty and in the Naval Reserve. Len has BA in physics from the University of California. Len speaks Russian (more vocabulary needed) and is proficient in Pascal. Len was a charter member and a reappointed member of the Dept. of Transportation's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC).

Pat O'Briant:  Deputy X Van Project Manager Pat O'Briant has 15 years of aerospace systems design and analysis experience -- including 10 years experience as a project engineer. He holds two degrees from Ohio State University: one in Aeronautical Engineering and a second in Astronautical Engineering. His original specialty was aerodynamics and performance analysis. Pat has worked for ANSER Corporation and for General Research Corporation (GRC). As a special consultant to the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Pat has worked on attitude control systems. Kalman filtering systems, the Clementine spacecraft, Sea Launch and Recovery (SEALAR), Pathfinder solar airplane, and the Raptor aircraft. He is proficient in C++,

Bill Franklin:  Structures and Configuration Advisor Bill Franklin is a configuration and structural design engineer who has been involved in such programs as the National Aerospace Plane (NASP), the Advanced Tactical Fighter (ATF), the Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology (HIMAT) study, the F-86, F-100, F-107, F-108, B-70 and X-15 programs. On the NASP program, he was responsible for planning, resource allocation and coordinating all disciplines including manufacturing and the testing laboratories for all structural components ranging from small specimens to full size cryogenic tanks and lower inlet ramp for Rockwell's effort.

SPECIAL ADVISORS: Norman E. Nelson:  Advisor on Project Management Norm Nelson was General Manager of the Lockheed Advanced Development Projects (ADP) group, otherwise known as the Skunk Works. As such, he was responsible for program management for a number of projects of national significance. Earlier he was a key person for developing the Glomar Explorer and the Doak VTOL prototype.

Jerry Cuffe:  Advisor on Liquid Rocket Engines J. P. B. (Jerry) Cuffe retired from Pratt & Whitney (Government Engines and space Propulsion) in 1992. His liquid rocket propellant experience goes back to 1953, when he worked on the De Havilland "Sprite." The Sprite was not only reusable and man rated, but was certified for use on a commercial airliner. Jerry was Systems Engineering Manager for P&W's SSME team. Other rocket engine experience includes the RL10, J-2, XRL-129, RZ-2 (Rolls Royce version of Rocketdyne S-3), F-1, LM Ascent, and LM Descent.

George Robinson:  Advisor on Space Law and Regulatory Matters George S. Robinson is a world renown pioneer in the field of space law. He has recently retired as General Counsel for the Smithsonian Institution and was a charter member and reappointed member of the Dept. of Transportation's Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON  X VAN