PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN SPACE (AAS FUTURE IN SPACE HANGOUT), Jan 20, 2022, virtual, 3:00 pm ET

The American Astronautical Society (AAS) will hold its next Future in Space Hangout on January 20, 2022 at 3:00 pm ET.

The topic is “Options in Exploration: Public-Private Partnerships in Space.”  It can be viewed on YouTube.

More information is on the event’s website, which says:

Unlike in the Apollo era, the private sector now has considerable space capabilities and in the last five years, tens of billions of dollars have been invested in space programs by companies, individuals and investment firms. Consequently, NASA is increasingly using public private partnerships (PPPs) to enable space exploration.

This panel will examine when PPPs make sense, what types of PPPs are best for exploration applications and what does the commercial market for exploration hold for the next twenty years.

Participants:

Tony Darnell, Deep Astronomy (Host)
Jamil Castillo, Manager, Space Policy and Digital Communications, Coalition for Deep Space Exploration (Moderator)
Tom Colvin, Research Staff Member, IDA Science Technology Policy Institute
Mary Lynne Dittmar, Executive Vice President, Government Operations & Strategic Communications, Axiom Space
Alex MacDonald, Chief Economist, NASA