Executive Summary
Date uploaded
Copyright
Available Formats
Share this document
Share or Embed Document
Did you find this document useful?
Copyright:
Available Formats
• NASA Research Park (NRP) is located on property at NASA Ames Research
Center in California’s Silicon Valley
– In 1994 NASA took over ownership of the 1300-acre property of the former Naval Air Station
Moffett Field adjacent to the original 500-acre NASA campus
– NASA has developed the property into the NASA Research Park to create a world-class,
shared-use R&D campus for government, academia, non-profits and industry
• The NRP brings academia, industry and NASA together into a collaborative and
profitable partnership to advance the NASA mission
– Over 40 industry and 14 university partners onsite
– 100s of R&D collaborations, and new organizations
– Proven business management and processes
– Environmental entitlement completed approx 5 million sf new construction
– Large-scale leases completed--Google (42 acres 1.2M sf) and University Associates (72
acres 3M sf)
• Internal and external reviews indicate that the NRP will have direct
programmatic and financial benefits for NASA and the nation
– 2003 U.S. Government “Best Innovative Policy” national award
– National Research Council Review, “new model of industry-government partnerships.”
– National Academy of Sciences “NRP: a NASA and National Asset” Paper Presentation 2008
• Excellent foundation to provide “physical nexus” for entrepreneurial space
development
NASA Programmatic Benefits From the NASA Research Park
• R&D: bringing the best new ideas for technology through ongoing long-
term onsite partnerships
› with universities --more fundamental new R&D
› with over 40+ small companies on-site (need for new products immediately or
company fails) and more coming in
› with large companies both fundamental R&D and technology insertion/missions
• Space Exploration/Science
› Universities-UCSC, CMU, SCU (CREST), Institutes-the Mars Institute
› Small companies-focus on space exploration products--examples life sciences,
IT, robotics, UAV; nanotechnology, sustainability, fuel cells power
› Large companies like Google potential to be major partners in space exploration
and commercialization
• Entrepreneurial Space/new space economy
› All of the above-an integrated program to pursue NASA mission and policy
goals, R&D, space exploration, establishing new space economy
› Commercial space--Space Portal---involve universities, companies
› Ready source for innovative applied technology to respond to commercial
requirements for exploration and science objectives
• Education
› Key element of universities on-site encouraging Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math (STEM)---5 different graduate degree programs-all classes
taken onsite, SCU CREST-small sat classes
› United Negro College Fund (SP) Academy on-site, minority focus with students
and faculty
-
-
-