NASA Unveils Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan

Feb. 11, 2013

David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
david.steitz@nasa.gov


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NASA UNVEILS STRATEGIC SPACE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan has
been posted to the agency's website. The comprehensive strategic plan
prioritizes space technologies essential to the pursuit of NASA's
mission and achievement of national goals.

The NASA Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan was created
following development of a series of agency draft Space Technology
Roadmaps. After careful review of the roadmaps by the National
Research Council, with input from the public and key stakeholders,
NASA finalized this new investment plan. It provides guidance for
NASA's space technology investments during the next four years,
within the context of a 20-year horizon. The plan will be updated
approximately every two years, as appropriate, to meet agency and
national needs.

"Technology enables discovery and advancement," NASA Chief
Technologist Mason Peck said. "We look forward to working with our
stakeholders to grow our technological base and take the journey to
expand scientific understanding, explore the universe, and make a
positive impact on the lives of all."

In 2010, the president and Congress unveiled an ambitious new
direction for NASA, which includes renewed investment in space
technology to align mission directorate activities, increase
capabilities, lower mission costs and support long-term needs. The
result has been an aggressive and prioritized technology investment
by NASA that enables exploration and science missions while also
supporting other government and commercial space activities. The plan
is based on a four-pillar system of goals to ensure NASA investments
optimize the benefits of key stakeholders, other U.S. government
agencies, the private sector and the national economy.

NASA recognizes the importance of a balanced portfolio of technology
development at all stages of technology maturity. Using the Strategic
Space Technology Investment Plan, NASA will continue to invest in
revolutionary concepts that help develop the nation's work force and
provide transformative and crosscutting technology breakthroughs to
enable our missions and benefit the commercial sector.

To review the Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan and learn
more about NASA's investment in space technology, visit:

http://www.nasa.gov/oct


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