Government/Industry/Academic Relationships for Technology Development

NASA's Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) program within the Office of Space Flight has proposed a new framework for space technology and systems development—Advanced Systems, Technology, Research, and Analysis (ASTRA) for future space flight capabilities. To assist in the development of this framework, NASA asked the National Research Council to convene a series of workshops on technology policy issues concerning the relationship of the various stakeholders in advancing human and robotic exploration and development of space. The second workshop, which is the summarized in this report, focused on the interrelationship between government, industry, and academia in the development of technology. Examples from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Defense, and the National Science Foundation were covered in order to discuss best practices of such cooperative efforts as possible lessons for NASA's space exploration activities. Table of ContentsFront Matter1 Summary2 Introduction3 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Relationships4 Department of Defense Relationships5 National Science Foundation RelationshipsAppendix A Statement of TaskAppendix B Committee Member BiographiesAppendix C Workshop AgendaAppendix D Workshop AttendeesAppendix E Focusing QuestionsAppendix F White PapersAppendix G Index of Selected TopicsAppendix H Acronyms and Abbreviations