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Videorecording of NASA Symposium Panel: NASA and the Commercialization of Space Transportation and Exploration.
Speakers
Zaheer Ali
Professor of Practice PRN
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Karina Drees
President
Commercial Spaceflight Federation
John Logsdon
Professor Emeritus, Space Policy Institute
Elliott School of International Affairs
Frank Slazer
President and CEO
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration
The panel discussed the challenges and opportunities for developers and suppliers of space capabilities and how they view NASA’s role in the future of space exploration. The discussion included:
- NASA’s evolving role in the changing nature of the space sector in terms of commercialization of space travel
- The commercial use of the International Space Station
- New lunar habitats and landers being developed as a service
- First human landing on Mars potentially by the private sector, and
- Deep space exploration
This panel represented both new and traditional firms in the civil and commercial space sector and academia.