Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Start Date
25-4-1996 1:00 PM
End Date
25-4-1996 4:00 PM
Description
Transferring space technology from the public sector to the private has been the hallmark of American space policy since its earliest inception. This pattern reflected early launch technology and an already existing structure for private-public cooperation as embodied in the NACA, predecessor of NASA. Dramatic changes are occurring in the space industry environment, transfer of government space technology becomes an even more critical issue. This paper briefly examines several methods by which such technology is transferred from the public sector to the private. One must note that a reverse process also occurs, private to public. Attention will be upon privatization as a transfer strategy since it is politically very attractive but we will also discuss briefly direct transfer, developmental assistance, and spinoffs (indirect technology transfer) .
Paper Session III-C - Evaluating Strategies for Transfer of Government Space Technology
Holiday Inn, Manatee Rooms A & B
Transferring space technology from the public sector to the private has been the hallmark of American space policy since its earliest inception. This pattern reflected early launch technology and an already existing structure for private-public cooperation as embodied in the NACA, predecessor of NASA. Dramatic changes are occurring in the space industry environment, transfer of government space technology becomes an even more critical issue. This paper briefly examines several methods by which such technology is transferred from the public sector to the private. One must note that a reverse process also occurs, private to public. Attention will be upon privatization as a transfer strategy since it is politically very attractive but we will also discuss briefly direct transfer, developmental assistance, and spinoffs (indirect technology transfer) .
Comments
Transfer of Government Technology for Public Use
Session Chairman: Robert S. Cox, USAF, Director of Space Policy, Planning and Strategy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space
Session Organizer: Vickie Neal