Commission urges larger role for industry in NASA operations

An independent commission is recommending that NASA give private industry more responsibility for the agency's "operational, mundane" needs such as access to low-Earth orbit, while the agency retains control of "inherently governmental" tasks such as human space flight. "Have NASA focus on those...

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.