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National and NASA policy changes elevate the commercial technology mission to a fundamental NASA mission as important as any in the agency. In order to ensure national economic security impacts of NASA programs, NASA will pursue a commercial technology mission concurrent to its aerospace mission. the MU-SPIN technology transfer and commercialization mission will ensure that, where applicable, the program be carried out in a way that proactively involves the private sector from the onset, through a new way of doing business to ensure that the technology developed will have maximum pontential for sustaining itself. Additonally, the MU-SPIn Project firmly believs that in order for MU-SPIN schools to truly become competitive in the mainstream with no-reliance on shrinking racial or ethnic based funding, technology transfer and commercialization must be viewed as a primary mission for the porject, if not, the overall driving force. Transferring technology with commercial potential will drive the 21st Century requirements for education, research, collaboration, and infrastructure. |
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The MU-spin Project will lead the community in the following areas: Capabilities Inventory - MU-SPIN will inventory and highlight technology capabilities within the MU-SPIN community. Technology Investment - MU-SPIN will identify opportunities within NASA (10 to 20 percent of NASA's budget will be devoted to commercialization) and other agencies for technology transfer and commercialization matches with our community capabilities. Partnerships - A major new emphasis will be placed on the formation of partnerships between NASA, industyr, other government agencies and academia. Minority, Small and Disadvantaged Business/Equal Opportunity - MU-SPIN will partner with existing businesses in the MU-Spin Communities and will ultimately create new businesses with the technology transfer and commercialization mission. |
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Ensure that technology investment is sustained after NASA funding ends Increase the institution's capability to perform state-of-the art research and development and therefore making it more competitive in the mainstream. Improve the fiscal requirements of the institution to compete effectively. |
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