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NASA: Government Attitude Change Central to Private-Public Partnership Success

Empowering the Private Sector: Partnerships Driving the Future of Space panel: (Left to right) Wade Larson, Earth Daily Analytics; David Beck, US Space Systems Command; Alex MacDonald, NASA; Nathan de Ruiter, Novaspace; Stephen Matier, Maritime Launch Services; and moderator Jacqueline Good, Magnetstar. Image Credit: SpaceQ.

Ottawa, ON - Today it is commonplace to see NASA astronauts flying to the International Space Station on SpaceX vehicles. But there was a time when such a public-private partnership would have been unthinkable, and the accomplishments of such a private space company would have never come to pass. What made all this possible was a fundamental attitude change on the part of NASA.

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About James Careless

James Careless is an award-winning satellite communications writer. He has covered the industry since the 1990s.