New Concept for Technology Commercialization
NASA
RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A WORLD-CLASS concept for a 21st century complex
for research, development, education and partnerships for commercializing
NASA technology. The complex will be located at Ames Research Center,
Moffett Field, California.
This new Ames Research Complex will be a world-class, shared-use,
research and development campus in conjunction with local communities.
It will involve partnerships with government, academia, private
industry and nonprofit organizations to educate and inspire America's
children, to develop the next-generation of engineers and scientists
and to enhance both the well-being of our communities and life in
America in the 21st century.
The complex will ultimately encompass the 2,000-acre Ames property
and will feature partnerships in astrobiology, aerospace, information
technology, education and commercialization of NASA technology—all
key elements of the mission of Ames Research Center within NASA.
These collaborations will strengthen technological leadership, demonstrate
the strength of government, industry and academia working together
and serve as an exciting centerpiece for other partnerships.
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Partnering
is the key to the emergence of tomorrow's required innovations
needed to enhance life today and into the 21st century, according
to NASA Administrator
Daniel S. Goldin.
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Partnering is the key to the emergence of tomorrow's required innovations
needed to enhance life today and into the 21st century, according
to NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin. "They will come from all
of us working together and making the most of the special attributes
that each of us brings to the table. NASA is committed to do that
here at Ames," he said.
Preliminary negotiations with industry, government and academia
have begun. Within the next year, partnership agreements with potential
onsite research collaborators are expected to be finalized, said
Henry McDonald, Ames Research Center Director.
Agreements have been established with the cities of Mountain View
and Sunnyvale, which have already established an independent, nonprofit
foundation board to oversee a key feature of the new complex—the
California Air and Space Center (CASC), a nonprofit education organization—according
to McDonald. Stanford University and the University of California
at Santa Cruz are set for research partnership planning.
The initial development of the complex will focus on a 160-acre
parcel on the west side of the airfield, which will be "opened up"
to allow public and easy access with no security badging requirements
to provide opportunities for collaborative research and education
facilities and allow for large-scale events. Along with the CASC,
the Computer History Museum will be a nonprofit education partner
for the public.
Historic Hangar 1 will be converted into a dynamic science and
technology learning center supported by futuristic NASA technologies.
It will showcase Silicon Valley cutting-edge technologies, NASA
missions and a teacher institute. A number of Bay Area universities
and California education officials have expressed interest in partnering
to design the teacher institute.
For more information, contact Michael Marlaire at Ames Research
Center.
Call: 650/604-4190, E-mail: mmarlaire@mail.arc.nasa.gov
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