Innovative Partnerships at NASA

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Topics

• Who is the Innovative Partnerships Program
  (IPP)?
• Why does NASA do partnerships?
• How are partnerships implemented?
• What can IPP offer the commercial space
  community?
• Where can I find my IPP contact?

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• Who is the Innovative Partnerships Program?

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2006 NASA Strategic Plan

• The Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) will
  facilitate partnering with the U.S. private
  sector, and leverage private sector resources, to
  produce technologies needed for NASA missions.
  The IPP and NASAs Mission Directorates will
  identify new opportunities to adopt technologies
  developed through innovative partnerships.
• Strategic Goal 5
• Encourage the pursuit of appropriate
  partnerships with the emerging commercial space
  sector.

Who?
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Agency Organization
Who?
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Innovative Partnerships Program Office
Who?
IPP Offices at each of NASAs Field Centers
ARC
DFRC
GRC
GSFC
JPL
JSC
KSC
LaRC
MSFC
SSC
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FY 2008 Budget Request
Who?
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IPP Themes

• PRIMARY ROLES
• Facilitator
• Bring parties together (both inside and outside)
• Bridge communication gaps
• Catalyst
• Implement new things change agent
• Create new partnerships
• Demonstrate new approaches and methods
• HOW DO WE APPROACH AN ISSUE?
• Always add value to Agency priorities and
  objectives
• Mindset must be Yes we can do this if

Who?
No we cant do this because
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Program Elements
Technology Infusion
Innovation Incubator
Partnership Development
Who?

• Centennial Challenges
• New Business Models
• Innovation Transfusion

• Intellectual Property management
• Technology Transfer
• New Innovative Partnerships

• SBIR
• STTR
• IPP Seed Fund

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• Why Does NASA Do Partnerships?

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Overview

• Looking For
• Win-Win-Win
• (NASA-Partner-Taxpayer/Public Good)
• Complementary Interests (11gtgt2)
• Common Interests
• Compatible Goals
• Skin in the Game

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Partnership Goals

• Provide
• Leveraged technology investments
• Dual-use technology-related partnerships
• create socio-economic benefits within the broader
  community through technology transfer
• Technology solutions for NASA
• Enable
• Cost avoidance
• Accelerate technology maturation
• Increase
• NASA's connection to emerging technologies in the
  external communities

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• How Are Partnerships Implemented?

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IPPs Dynamic Innovation Process
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Partnership Model
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Partnership Model Value Proposition
How?

• IPP objective is to maximize partnership value
  for both NASA and partner.

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Summary of Partnering Tools
Contract Cooperative Agreement Grant Space Act Agreement Patent License Enhanced Use Lease CRADA
Purpose Used by NASA to acquire goods, services, or both. Used by NASA to sponsor activities that relate to a public purpose (generally RD). Used by NASA for collaborations, excess capacity, leases, property loans, or any combination. Used by NASA to transfer specific rights associated with a NASA-owned invention. Used by Ames Research Center (ARC) and Kennedy Space Center (KSC) to lease under-utilized real property assets. Rarely used by NASA for cooperative research and development.
Competition Required? Generally, Yes No No No No No
Notable Requirement(s) -Goods or Services -Mission Need -Public Purpose -NASA Substantial Involvement (for Cooperative Agreement) -No Formal Requirements -NASA does have Guidelines -Intellectual Property -Royalty-Based Commercialization -Real Property -Federal Lab -RD
NASA Cash to the Non-NASA Party Yes Yes Yes, but its very rare. No No No
Process Owner Office of Procurement Office of Procurement Technology Transfer Office Office of General Counsel ARC and KSC Undefined at this time.
Notable Advantage Flexibility Possible Exclusive Rights to an Invention that may be Patentable In-Kind Consideration for Real Property Advanced Licensing of Inventions Not Yet Invented
Notable Disadvantage Standard Regulations and Provisions Standard Regulations and Provisions (but not nearly as large as the FAR) Historically, SAAs are contain less rigor vs. a procurement contract. Royalty Payments as Consideration Limited to Two NASA Centers No Cash Contribution Allowed From NASA
Authority Space Act 31 USC 6303 10 USC 2302 Space Act 31 USC 6304 31 USC 6305 Space Act 35 USC 207 Space Act 42 USC 2459j 15 USC 3710a
Regulation Federal Acquisition Regulations Grant and Cooperative Agreement Handbook (14 CFR Part 1260) No Formal Regulation NASA has Guidelines documented in an SAA Guide 37 CFR Part 404, also referred to as the Licensing Regulations No Formal Regulation No Formal Regulation
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• What can IPP offer the commercial space community?

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What Can IPP Provide?

• Funding or Leveraged Resources
• NASA SBIR/STTR funds several hundred small
  businesses
• IPP Seed Fund seeks partnerships to leverage
  resources with the private sector and other
  Federal labs
• Centennial Challenges offers millions in purses
• Technology and Software
• Access through licensing or other partnerships
• Facilities
• Access to NASAs facilities through partnerships
• Expertise
• Access to NASAs technical expertise through
  partnerships
• Facilitation to enable partnerships
• Advocacy as a change agent to try new things

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2006 Strategic Plan Strategic Goal 5

• Encourage the pursuit of appropriate partnerships
  with the emerging commercial space sector
• Develop and demonstrate a means for NASA to
  purchase launch services from emerging launch
  providers.
• By 2010, demonstrate one or more commercial space
  services for ISS cargo and/or crew transport.
• By 2012, complete one or more prize competitions
  for independently designed, developed, launched,
  and operated missions related to space science or
  space exploration.

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NASA Strategic Goal 5

• The Innovative Partnerships Program (IPP) plays
  an important role as both facilitator and
  catalyst towards achieving this NASA goal.
• IPP has been tasked to fulfill the role of being
  a single point of entry into NASA, for outside
  organizations seeking to partner with or provide
  services to NASA related to commercial space.
• In this role, IPP will be a facilitator, seeking
  to connect outside capabilities and interests
  with internal needs and interests at HQ and the
  Centers the goal is to make it easier for
  outside organizations to partner and work with
  NASA.

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NASA Strategic Goal 5

• IPP is tasked to demonstrate the purchase of
  parabolic aircraft flight and suborbital flight
  services from the emerging commercial space
  sector for research, technology development and
  training.
• IPP is planning to initiate an activity for
  Facilitated Access to the Space environment for
  Technology development and training (FAST).
• IPP is working with NASAs Shared Capability
  Assets Program (SCAP) and the Glenn Research
  Center (GRC), as they conduct a solicitation for
  parabolic aircraft services.
• FAST will offer funds and seek leveraging through
  partnerships, to use this contractual mechanism
  and demonstrate the business model for purchasing
  services to support NASAs research and
  technology needs.
• FAST will later pursue a similar approach using
  emerging suborbital launch services.

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Agency Capability Landscape
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SBIR/STTR 3-Phase Program

• PHASE I
• Feasibility study
• 100K award
• 6 months duration (SBIR)
• 12 months duration (STTR)
• PHASE II
• Technology Development
• 2-Year Award
• 750K (SBIR/STTR)
• PHASE III
• Technology Infusion/Commercialization Stage
• Use of non-SBIR Funds
• Ability to award sole-source contracts without
  JOFOC based on specific SBIR authority NASA and
  NASA primes

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SBIR Programmatic Profile
What?
FY06 program Budget Awarded in FY07 (September
06) FY07 Initial Operating Plan
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STTR Programmatic Profile
What?
FY06 Budgeted Awards actually made in FY07
(September 06) FY07 Initial Operating Plan
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SBIR Contribution to Wireless Technology
What?

• Invocon, Inc.
• 2006 SBIR Tibbetts Award

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SBIR Technologies on Mars Exploration Rovers
Yardney Technical Products of Pawtucket,
Connecticut developed lithium ion batteries with
specific energy of gt100Wh/kg and energy density
of 240 Wh/l and long cycle life. Subsequently,
they won a large Air Force/NASA contract to
develop batteries for space applications. They
are supplying the batteries for the 2003 Mars
Rovers.
What?
Maxwell Technologies of San Diego, California
fabricated and tested an ASCII chip with single
event latch up protection technology. Innovation
enables the use of commercial chip technology in
space missions, providing higher performance at a
lower cost. Supplying A to D converter for Mars
2003 Rovers.
Starsys Research of Boulder, Colorado developed
several paraffin based heat switches that
function autonomously. Heat switches control
radiator for electronics package on Mars 2003
Rovers.
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IPP Seed Fund

• Enhance NASAs ability to meet Mission capability
  goals by providing leveraged funding to address
  technology barriers via cost-shared,
  joint-development partnerships
• Annual process for selecting additional
  innovative partnerships for funding
• Collaboration of Center IPP Office, internal
  co-PI, and external co-PI
• FY 2007 call to be released May 10.

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IPP Seed Fund

• 2006 Seed Fund
• 76 proposals received, evaluated by IPP and
  Mission Directorate experts
• Relevance/Value to NASA Mission Directorates
• Scientific/Technical merit and feasibility
• Leveraging of resources
• 29 projects selected, providing 28.3 million for
  the advancement of critical technologies and
  capabilities
• 6.6 million IPP Office funds
• 7.5 million program, project, Center funds
• 14.2 million external partner funds

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Seed Fund TRL Advancement
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Prizes
NASAs Connection to Prizes

• Early European Aviation Prizes Led To The
  Creation of NACA
• Progress of European aviation due to prizes and
  competitions troubling to US observers
• Dr. Albert F. Zahm dispatched to Europe to study
  the situation there
• Zahms report emphasized the disparity between
  European progress and American inertia
• Report led to the creation of the National
  Advisory Committee for Aeronautics the
  predecessor of NASA
• Source Bilstein, Orders of Magnitude A History
  of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990, NASA
  SP-4406,National Aeronautics and Space
  Administration, Washington, DC, 1989.

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How Do Prizes Benefit NASA?

• Increased Participation by New Sources of
  Innovation
• Leveraging of Tax-Payers Dollars
• Innovative Technology Development to Meet NASAs
  Needs
• Increased Awareness of Science and Technology
• Hands-on Training for Future Workforce

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Centennial Challenge Competitions in 2007
Personal Air Vehicle Challenge
Competition Purses Comp. Date
Astronaut Glove 250K May 2-3 07
Regolith Excavation 250K 12 May 07
Personal Air Vehicle 250K 4-12 August 07
Beam Power 500K October 07
Tether 500K October 07
Lunar Lander 2M October 07
MoonROx (possible) 250K Exp. June 08
Regolith Excavation Challenge
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Tether Challenge
Astronaut Glove Challenge
Beam Power Challenge
Lunar Lander Challenge
MoonROx Challenge
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Astronaut Glove Challenge May 2-3
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Burst Test (Phase VI 13.2psid)
Team Southerns Glove Burst (developed a huge
bubble) at 6.2 psid.
Pete Homers Glove Burst (popped a seam) at
21.2psid.
What?
MDLAs Glove Burst (began dripping) at 29.4 psid!
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Joint Torque Test
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Flex Dexterity Test Equipment
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And The Winner Is...
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...Peter Homer
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2007 Regolith Excavation Challenge

• Regolith Pit
• Size of Regolith Pit 4 m x 4 m x 35 cm
• Amount of Regolith 8 tons (approx. 4 m3)
• Excavator Requirements
• Max Weight 40 kg
• Max Power 30 Watts DC
• Autonomous Operation

• Excavation Requirements
• Operation Time 30 min
• Excavated Mass at least 150 kg
• Prizes Totaling 250,000
• 1st Prize 125,000
• 2nd Prize 75,000
• 3rd Prize 50,000

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Lunar Regolith Sandbox
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• Dimensions 4m x 4m Regolith 8 tons, 25cm
  (avg)

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Tech Ranch Tornado

• RESULTS
• Run Time 30 min
• Excavated 65 kg

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Jeff Pulk Lloyd Brombach

• RESULTS
• Run Time 10 min
• Excavated 16 kg

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Todd Mendenhall

• RESULTS
• Run Time 6 min
• Excavated 10 kg

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University of Missouri at Rolla

• RESULTS
• Run Time 10 sec
• Excavated 0 kg

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Regolith Excavation Results

• No Winners.
• All teams said they would be back next year.
• The first lunar regolith simulant sandbox.
• Built, filled, operated by Diani Building Corp.
• I learned more in two days playing in this
  sandbox of JSC-1a than I have in two YEARS
  reading and studying about the stuff!
• A paraphrase of how Rob Mueller (KSC) reacted to
  his experience of attending the competition.
• 2008 Regolith Excavation Challenge
• Unwon 250k gets added to next years purse of
  500k for a total of 750k.

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FY06 Partnerships Summary

• During FY06, IPP facilitated
• Over 200 partnerships with the private sector,
  federal and state government, academia, and other
  entities
• Over 50 license agreements with private entities
  for commercial and quality of life applications
• Evaluation of more than 750 new technology
  reports for consideration of patent protection
• More than 400 software agreements for commercial
  application of NASA software

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• Where Can I Find My IPP Contact?

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Conclusion

• IPP offers many opportunities to provide value
  through partnership with NASA.
• Weve got a highly dedicated workforce at each of
  the ten Field Centers wanting to help you.
• How can you tap into this resource?
• IPP Website
• http//www.ipp.nasa.gov/
• Contact the IPP Chief at your Field Center to
  follow up on any potential areas of interest.

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IPP Center Chiefs
Center Name Email
Phone
ARC Lisa Lockyer Lisa.L.Lockyer_at_nasa.gov
[phone] DFRC Gregory Poteat
greg.poteat_at_dfrc.nasa.gov [phone] GRC
Kathy Needham Kathleen.K.Needham_at_nasa.gov
[phone] GSFC Nona Cheeks
Nona.K.Cheeks_at_nasa.gov [phone] JPL
Ken Wolfenbarger james.k.wolfenbarger_at_nasa.gov
[phone] JSC Michele Brekke
michele.a.brekke_at_nasa.gov [phone] KSC
Dave Makufka David.R.Makufka_at_nasa.gov
[phone] LaRC Marty Waszak
m.r.waszak_at_nasa.gov [phone] MSFC Jim
Dowdy Jim.Dowdy_at_nasa.gov [phone] SSC
Ramona Travis Ramona.E.Travis_at_nasa.gov
[phone]
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• Questions?