Outcome 1.2: Commercial Opportunities

Develop competitive opportunities for the commercial community to provide best value products and services to low Earth orbit and beyond.

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To transform human space flight and develop other potential space markets, we must partner with U.S. industry to implement safe, reliable, and cost-effective access to and from low Earth orbit and ISS. Our programs are stimulating efforts within the private sector to enable a U.S. commercial space transportation capability. By providing expert advice, access to NASA facilities, and development funding, we foster entrepreneurial activity for developing and demonstrating commercial space transportation capabilities, which stimulates employment growth in engineering, analysis, design, and research. We will build on these valuable partnerships to support and promote commercial development as promising new markets arise. A robust U.S. commercial space industry will reduce our reliance on non-U.S. human space flight systems and potentially lower the cost of access to space. Purchasing safe, reliable, and cost-effective crew and cargo transportation services will ensure that we satisfy our ISS obligations. This allows us to focus our resources on developing systems that can safely reach beyond low Earth orbit. In the future, we will seek to expand our partnerships for capabilities and services beyond low Earth orbit.

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