Workshop Overview

"Five or ten years from now, we may look back on this workshop as the foundation of something exciting."
-- Scott Hubbard, Director, NASA Ames Research Center

On June 21-22, 2005, NASA convened a workshop to explore the viability of a new entrepreneurial paradigm for the International Space Station. The participants in this workshop represented NASA, biotech researchers, space entrepreneurs, and a variety of related stakeholders. The workshop began with a series of presentations to introduce the participants to the scientific case for pursuing biotech research in space and to an innovative proposal for commercializing the International Space Station. In the first round of collaborative work, small teams of participants identified major challenges to implementing the new paradigm, and recommended key policies and approaches to overcome these hurdles. In the second round of work, a new set of teams challenged and tested the various components of the entrepreneurial paradigm. In the final round of work, teams developed specific proposals for the buisness and technical cases for biotech research on ISS, the development of a user coalition, changes necessary at NASA, and an implementation plan for the next three years.

 

Real Time Record
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Langdon Morris
Jay Smethurst
Christopher Fuller
Leah Keifer
Kim Shipman