How does NASA contribute to the development and commercialization of technologies and to our economy?
NASA solicits participation in the exploration and development of space for the purpose of expanding our knowledge of space, developing tools and techniques to live and work there, and to encourage the private sector’s increasing role in space. NASA encourages civil service employees and contractors to develop, protect, commercialize, and transfer their technology with the private sector. May companies and industries have spun out of the Space Program. Discover new products or commercial opportunities at these web sites: • NASA Space Commercialization: http://commercial.nasa.gov/ • NASA Commercial Technology Network: http://nctn.hq.nasa.gov/ • Space Product Development: http://spd.nasa.gov/ • Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization: http://osdbu.nasa.gov/ • KSC Technology Commercialization Office: http://technology.ksc.nasa.
