TAAS Company History
TAAS Company was established in 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia by
Robert N. Talmage, Jr., CEO. The primary business activities of TAAS Company involves design,
production and contracting services.
Robert Talmage, Jr. earned a BSAE from the University of Georgia and holds a private pilot
license.
Aeronautical designs and activities of TAAS Company include the following:
Date Activity or Publication
JUL 1986 “Hypersonic Rocket Transport”, L5 news, pgs. 8-10
MAR 1986 “Space Station Ferry Design”, Popular Mechanics, p. 82
DEC 1986 “Private Affordable Space Plane”, Omni, vol 9, no.3, p. 157
APR 1987 “Rival to the Orient Express?”, Design News, vol 43, no. 7, p. 37
MAY 1990 “The Space Transportation Vehicle”, Selection of Engineering Materials, Prentice
Hall, pgs. 439-440
JUN 1995 Designed, built and flew a two place amphibious experimental aircraft
FEB 2000 Design concept demonstration, “Space Launch Vehicles Configured as Gliders
and Towed to Launch Altitude by Conventional Aircraft”Kelly Space and Technology Inc. NASA
Contract TM-1998-206566, $10 M
APR 2003 “Aircraft Escape Cabin” , filed patent application
AUG 2004 “Aircraft Escape Cabin”, issued patent # 6,776,373
DEC 2004 "Modular Aerospace Plane", filed patent application
FEB 2005 "Life Boot", filed patent application
JUN 2006 "Life Boot", issued patent # 7,056,167
MAY 2007 The International Space Development Conference, Dallas, TX.
" A Realistic and Viable Path to Space"
July 2007 " Modular Aerospace Plane", issued patent # 7,234,667
MAY 2008 AIAA 15th International Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems
and Technologies Conference, Dayton, OH. paper #AIAA-2008-2659
"A Safe, Economical and Versatile Space Flight Test Vehicle"
DEC 2008 Space Fellowship News, "Modular Escape System" 12/16/08
Link: http://spacefellowship.com/News/?p=7711
Jan 2009 Guest on The Space Show: www.thespaceshow.com/detail.asp?q=1087
Apri 2009 Commercial Space Gateway article: "Personal Spaceflight, How Safe
Need It Be?"
Link:http://commercialspacegateway.com/item/17739-personal-spaceflight-how- safe-need-it
May 2009 Interview on Inter Stellar TV
(Go to segment 2 of Space and Security News for Space Entrepreneurs)
Link: www.interstellartv.com
May 2009 Space Plane presentation at the International Space
Development Conference
Link: ISDC 2009
DEC 2009 Commercial Space Gateway: Dramatic Improvements in Flight Safety
Link: http://commercialspacegateway.com/item/50471-dramatic-improvements-can-be-
made-in
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