IMEC and Cook County Partner with NASA to Bring New Business Opportunity Event to Manufacturers “Cook County Board President Preckwinkle, the Chicago Metro Metal Consortium (CMMC), and IMEC will host a 3-Day virtual event with NASA and its prime contractors to bring new business opportunities to manufacturers in Cook County and throughout Illinois. In 2020, NASA’s prime contractors received over $2B in contract funding to support the Marshall Space Flight […]

Is Silicon Valley in Another Bubble . . . and What Could Burst It?, Vanity Fair “And this is where it gets particularly murky. These are private companies, with private balance sheets, and the valuations they ascribe to themselves aren’t vetted in the same way by the S.E.C. or public markets. These start-ups, in other words, can command much higher, and at times fabricated, valuations. One successful venture capitalist told […]

NASA GRC Award: Continuing Non-NASA New Business Support Services “Contract Award Amount: $400,000 Contractor: Jefferson Consulting Group, LLC 1401 K St NW STE 900 Washington, DC 20005-3455 Description: Continuing Non-NASA New Business Support Services” “A previously competed MAS Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) award, NNCI 1DC82D, to Jefferson Solutions resulted in the development of a Center Strategic Plan for identifying and attracting non-NASA Business. The contract also led to the development […]

Why is Money Stuck to the Wall of the International Space Station? (2003) SpaceRef Evolving Traditions Aboard the International Space Station (2003) SpaceRef Ed Lu: “I’d like to tell the team in Houston a little bit of story if you are ready to hear. I got an email today pointing out that Keith Cowing, the author – or the editor of NASA Watch introduced a story entitled “Why is there […]