NASA Offering Partnerships for Private Space Companies

NASA Announces Effort to Form New Collaborative Partnerships with Private Space Industry, NASA

"NASA officials Wednesday released a synopsis requesting information from U.S. private enterprises interested in pursuing unfunded partnerships. The aim is to advance the development of commercial space products and services.

"As we have seen with NASA's previous agreements with the private sector, U.S. companies could significantly benefit from the agency's extensive experience and knowledge in spaceflight development and operations," said Phil McAlister, NASA's director for Commercial Spaceflight Development. "For new entrepreneurial efforts in space, NASA's archive of lessons learned, technical expertise and spaceflight data is an invaluable national resource and engine for new economic growth."