NASA University-Affiliated Research Center
Current understanding
The introduced Space Research Innovation Act would direct NASA to establish a university-affiliated research center partnering with higher education and nonprofit institutions to provide engineering support and analysis for deep-space and cis-lunar missions. The proposal would create an agency-academic research structure, but the supplied finding does not establish funding levels, partner-selection procedures, or award terms; introduction alone does not establish the center or provide funding.
Evidence log
- 2023-01-09 — Space Research Innovation Act: The Space Research Innovation Act has been introduced and referred to committee and would direct NASA to establish a university-affiliated research center with higher education and nonprofit partners for deep-space and lunar engineering support and analysis; this legislative stage neither establishes nor funds the center. (novelty: 2)