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NRC Report on NASA Technology

By Keith Cowing
April 8, 2013
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Report Identifies 16 Highest Priorities to Guide NASA’s Technology Development Efforts for Next Five Years

“It has been years since NASA has had a vigorous, broad-based program in advanced space technology development,” said Raymond Colladay, president of RC Space Enterprises Inc., and chair of the committee that wrote the report. “Success in executing future NASA space missions will depend on advanced developments that should already be under way.”

NASA Receives Final NRC Report On Space Technology Roadmaps

“The report strongly reaffirms the vital importance of technology development to enable the agency’s future missions and grow the nation’s new technology economy,” said Mason Peck, chief technologist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “The report confirms the value of our technology development strategy to date. NASA currently invests in all of the highest-priority technologies and will study the report and adjust its investment portfolio as needed.”

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