Aerospace Execs: Strong NASA Exploration Funding Leads to Spinoffs

摘要

Funding never-before-attempted space missions and setting hard dates for completing them are key to keeping NASA-developed technology flowing to the private sector, aerospace industry representatives told lawmakers July 12. "New product development forces the application of advanced technologies into practice, enabling them to be applied to adjacent products in non-space sectors," John Vilja, vice president of strategy, innovation and growth at rocket engine maker Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, said in written testimony to the U.S. House Science space and technology subcommittee. "A good example of this is in the current push for beyond earth orbit human exploration."