Comments on: The NASA $20,000 Award at the Rice Business Plan Competition http://www.opennasa.com/2008/04/24/the-nasa-20000-business-plan-competition/ Your NASA, My NASA, OUR NASA Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:14:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: cmerryman http://www.opennasa.com/2008/04/24/the-nasa-20000-business-plan-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 cmerryman Thu, 15 May 2008 22:02:04 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/2008/04/24/the-nasa-20000-business-plan-competition/#comment-2716 Thanks for posting Michael. Love to hear JSC is innovating and coming up with great ideas to engage the public in assisting NASA in meeting its mission objectives. Thanks for posting Michael. Love to hear JSC is innovating and coming up with great ideas to engage the public in assisting NASA in meeting its mission objectives.

]]> By: Michael Mealling http://www.opennasa.com/2008/04/24/the-nasa-20000-business-plan-competition/comment-page-1/#comment-473 Michael Mealling Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:02:10 +0000 http://www.opennasa.com/2008/04/24/the-nasa-20000-business-plan-competition/#comment-473 Speaking of COTS, Centennial Challenges, etc, I would love to hear what the various writers here at opennasa.com think the role of purely commercial space should be at NASA as well as what you think NASA thinks about it (knowing that those are probably two different things). Maybe its the election related rhetoric, but I've noticed a distinct "distaste" by Gen-Y for the profit motive and a resulting leaning toward non-profits, NGOs, and government programs. Am I wrong? Speaking of COTS, Centennial Challenges, etc, I would love to hear what the various writers here at opennasa.com think the role of purely commercial space should be at NASA as well as what you think NASA thinks about it (knowing that those are probably two different things).

Maybe its the election related rhetoric, but I’ve noticed a distinct “distaste” by Gen-Y for the profit motive and a resulting leaning toward non-profits, NGOs, and government programs. Am I wrong?

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