In what seasons will the increased, noncommercial use be distributed?
Overall user days will increase, but by only 2% in summer. The increase is due to the addition of one launch every other day of new eight-person noncommercial trips. The rest of the increase occurs in shoulder and winter seasons. Shoulder season use will increase to 57% of summer levels (from 35%) and winter season use will increase to 27% of summer levels (from 5%). The proposed winter launch schedule allows one trip per day. Thus, shoulder and winter use remains much lower than summer use. The following graph illustrates when, and by how much, use levels increase.
