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Doing Business with NASA Through Non-Procurement Partnerships
Joe KroenerDirector, NASA’s Partnership Office
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Welcome & Briefing Overview
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NASA Partnerships Video
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What are NASA Partnerships?
• NASA regularly engages in a wide range of activities with a multitude of external entities; in a broad sense, all of these activities can be considered “partnerships”
• Understanding non-procurement partnerships such as NASA Space Act Agreements (SAAs)
• SAA: A specific type of partnership instrument done under NASA’s “other transactions” authority under the Space Act
• Other partnering authorities used by NASA include:• Economy Act• Commercial Space Launch Act• Federal Technology Transfer Act• …and more!
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• NASA partnership agreements are typically one of the following types:• Reimbursable (partner reimburses NASA, in full or in part, for access to unique
NASA resources);• Non-reimbursable (no exchange of funds collaborations); or• Funded (NASA provides funding to the partner) to help advance a technology or
area of interest relevant to NASA’s missions• Unfunded (NASA provides resources other than funding to the partner) to help
advance a technology or area of interest relevant to NASA’s missions
• Partnership agreements such as SAAs are not procurement instruments; NASA does not procure goods or services for the benefit of the Agency through partnership agreements
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What are NASAPartnerships? (cont’d)
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Why Does NASA Engage in Partnerships?
• Facilitates collaborative opportunities with domestic and international partners
• Helps NASA resolve gaps in technical capabilities that are important to meeting the Agency’s mission objectives
• Supports U.S. economic innovation and industrial competitiveness• Serves as a tool for meeting NASA’s mandate under the Space Act of
stimulating the “fullest commercial use of space” and transferring NASA-developed technologies
• Helps maintain essential NASA expertise and facilities• Facilitates NASA’s STEM and public engagement goals
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What are Some Potential Benefits to Partners?
• Access to unique NASA assets (e.g., specialized clean room, testing facilities/equipment) without having to incur a large capital expenditure
• Access to unique NASA technical expertise (e.g., specialized consulting and analyses), software, and licensing opportunities
• Opportunity to leverage resources by co-funding technology development of mutual interest, while retaining commercial IP rights to partner-developed technologies
• NASA brand recognition (although NASA does not endorse commercial products or services)
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Early Stage Innovation• NASA Innovative
Advanced Concepts• Space Tech Research
Grants• Center Innovation
Fund/Early Career Initiative
Partnerships & Technology Transfer• Technology Transfer • Prizes and Challenges• Partnerships
Low TRL
SBIR/STTR
Technology Maturation• Game
Changing Development
Mid TRL
High TRL
Technology Demonstrations• Technology
Demonstration Missions• Small Spacecraft
Technology• Flight Opportunities
When Can Partnerships Occur? Technology Innovation Lifecycle
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Overview of NASA’s Partnerships Portfolio
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Number of Active Agreements and % of Total by Partner SegmentThe U.S. private sector is NASA’s
largest partner segment by # of agreements, accounting for more than a third of NASA’s 2,921 active agreements.
Source: NASA Partnership Agreement Maker (PAM) system and NASA System for International and External Relations Agreements (SIERA) database as of 10/2/2020
U.S. Federal Agencies(842) 29%
U.S. Private Sector
(1,009) 34%
International Partners (677)
23%
U.S. State & Local
Govt. (81) 3%
U.S. Academic & Education (312)
11%
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What Activities Drive Partnerships with NASA?
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Data based on the 600 domestic agreements signed in FY 20.
Research, Technology Development, Tech Transfer, Engineering & Test Services activities account for 64% of the partnership agreements signed in FY 20.
Source: NASA Partnership Agreement Maker (PAM) system and RPMS Systems as of 10/2/2020
Research, Technology Development & Tech
Transfer (199)33%
STEM & Public Engagement
(41) 7%
Engineering & Test Services (187)
31%
Other (95)16%
Land & Real Property Use
(12) 2%
Launch, Communications, Satellite Ops & Mission Ops. (66)
11%
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NASA Partnership Examples-Aeronautics
NASA and Uber Test System for Future Urban Air TransportThe goal: Urban Air Mobility (UAM)• Safe and efficient air transportation system to reach cities small and large
• Includes researches from NASA Ames and Langley Research CenterUsing NASA’s airspace management computer modeling and simulation for assessments• Uber is sharing its plans for implementation for an urban aviation rideshare network
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Commercial Space Partnerships-Moving the U.S. Forward to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Marshall Space Flight Center –provides design, development, testing and evaluation, support to Virgin Orbit for their launcher One rocket program development.
Johnson Space Center – provides training services to Axiom private astronauts using unique training facilities and associated JSC vendor partners, in support of commercial development activities including pre-flight mission planning for prospective private astronaut trainees to facilitate the commercialization of low earth orbit operations and training.
Kennedy Space Center – renewed a five year reimbursable Commercial Space Launch Act (CSLA) agreement with SpaceX to provide access to KSC’s unique services in support of commercial launch and reentry operations.
NASA competitively awarded 19 collaborative non-reimbursable partnership agreements to mature industry-developed space technologies and help maintain American leadership in space. NASA Centers are partnering with small and large aerospace companies to provide expertise, hardware and software. These partnerships will advance the commercial space sector and help bring new capabilities to market that could benefit future NASA missions.
The following are examples of agreements focused specifically on enabling commercial space to get to the Moon:JSC and GSFC are working with Blue Origin to mature a navigation and guidance system for safe and precise landing on the Moon;
KSC is working with SpaceX to advance their technology to vertically land large rockets on the Moon.KSC is partnering with Lockheed Martin to test in-space plant growth systems that could help NASA harvest plants in deep space.
Goddard Space Flight Center – provides Space Communications Navigation (SCaN) launch and reentry services to United Space Alliance, LLC (ULA) for their commercial, non-Federal Launches.
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Commercial Space Partnerships-Moving the U.S. Forward to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
Marshall Space Flight Center – provides long term usage of Test Stand 4670, the Saturn V first stage engine test stand, to Blue Origin for development and certification testing of their BE3, BE3U, and BE4 engines.
Johnson Space Center – preparing Mission Control Center facilities at JSC in advance of testing hardware, known as Crew Interface Technology Payload, which Lockheed Martin will fly on Artemis I to evaluate ground to space telephony applications using COTS devices in a deep space environment.
Ames Research Center – provides wind tunnel testing of spacecraft configurations in order to obtain aerodynamic performance data of launch vehicles for commercial space capabilities.
Stennis Space Center – expanded its agreements with Relativity Space (RSI) to include use of an additional facility for the purpose of launch system manufacture and assembly.
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Key Takeaways
• NASA Partnerships are ever-evolving and continue to diversify!
• External partners and their capabilities are expanding; external partners continue to make breakthroughs in exploration technology and science in areas pertinent to NASA’s missions
• Effective partnerships with all partner segments will be vital for successfully accomplishing exciting NASA missions such as Artemis that will enable the first woman and next man on the Moon!
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NASA is committed to continuously improving and streamlining partnership processes to maximize flexibility and minimize burden for the Agency and our partners.
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Explore Opportunities with Us!
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THANK YOU! Questions?
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Joe KroenerDirector, NASA Partnership Office
