NASA has partnered with 14 American companies to address technology areas such as cryogenic propellant production and sustainable energy generation, in order to assist the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach.
The partnerships have a combined total award value of approximately $43.2m and will help bring the technologies to market and ready them for use by NASA.
“These promising technologies are at a ‘tipping point’ in their development, meaning NASA’s investment is likely the extra push a company needs to significantly mature a capability,” said Jim Reuter, Associate Administrator of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD).
“These are important technologies necessary for sustained exploration of the Moon and Mars.”
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