FYI @ISS_CASIS is paying Covington & Burling LLP @CovingtonLLP for work on the commercial CASIS entity (a project #CASIS publicly denies). It'll be interesting to hear @NASA's response since this vastly exceeds the scope of what they pay non-profit CASIS to do on @ISS_Researchpic.twitter.com/lyIpOmLdRp
If @ISS_CASIS is creating a commercial entity to engage in ISS activities then it will be competing in the private sector – possibly with many of the same companies that @NASA pays them to accommodate on @ISS_Research#ConflictOfInterest?
Sources report non-profit @ISS_CASIS has hired a high visibility law firm in Washington, DC to help set up the commercial arm of #CASIS that CASIS denies that it is working on. This exceeds what @NASA tasked #CASIS to do for @ISS_Research. Does @NASA know about this, Joe Vockley?
CASIS has many employees recently. Sources report #CASIS seeks to hire replacements from places such as IBM where VP Christine Kretz used to work for 20+ years – without advertising many of the positions. How much space research is done at IBM? Not much. @ISS_CASIS@ISS_Research
