CASIS Webinar Today: Learn What They Are – and Are Not Doing
Jeanne Becker, Director, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Space News
“CASIS will ultimately act as a networking service between space scientists, payload integration specialists and, in some cases, investors. It will also be a financial analyst of sorts, evaluating candidate science projects for those with the potential to generate profitable spinoff products. The first CASIS solicitation for ISS-bound research is due toward the end of the fledgling group’s first full year of operation, said Jeanne Becker, who in September became CASIS director.”
– CASIS RFI Webinar Presentation and Q&A Session – Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST
– CASIS Still Doesn’t Do Anything – Not That Anyone Notices (Update), earlier post
– The Long Confusing Path Toward Space Station Utilization, earlier post
The idea is like a travel agent that books you into vacation packages.
This approach has the only virtue of being “lightweight” – e.g. it doesn’t waste too much resource. But it can’t get at the hard problems of ISS research utilization – just the superficial at best.
I think they are getting $15 million from NASA, If that’s the case, I would have expected more.
Jerry, recommendation, lower your expectations.
Keith, do you think CASIS will get better with Bobby Braun coming on?
With Bobby Braun there would be some hope. I doubt Braun would have anything to do with it and is pleased to be back at Georgia Tech.
Does anyone know exactly how CASIS was selected? Or how it was supposed to solve the apparent problem of insufficient meaningful research on the ISS? Obviously pharmaceutical companies are not going to spend their own money on space research. All the pharmaceutical research done in space is actually paid for by NASA.
It was a non-selection selection. Does the least harm, least risk, looks good, might have some benefit after all. Smallest blame.
Look at what it would cost/risk to deal with the issues head on. Now, say you take the risk, and you get it 99% right but it fails for the 1%. Who sinks the blame then. Yeah … you got it – CYA.
Too many are betting on ISS failure. Yet its too big to fail …
“CASIS will ultimately act as a networking service between space scientists, payload integration specialists and, in some cases, investors. It will also be a financial analyst of sorts, evaluating candidate science projects for those with the potential to generate profitable spinoff products.”
If what we really want is profitable spinoffs, why bother with the expense of a flight?