Aug 22 1985
From The Space Library
NASA announced selection of teams to establish Centers for the Commercial Development of Space. The Centers were intended to stimulate high-technology research that took advantage of the characteristics of space to develop new products with commercial potential. The five centers were joint undertakings of government, industry, and academic teams and would work closely with NASA field centers.
NASA initially would fund the centers for a period not to exceed five years, at which time they should be self-sustaining. Funding would range from $750,000 to $1.1 million on a year to year basis.
The centers selected were Batelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio, research area: multiphase materials processing; University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, macromolecular crystallography in space; University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama, materials processing; Institute for Technology Development, National Space Technology Laboratories, Hancock County, Mississippi, space remote sensing; and Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, metallurgical processing in space. (NASA Release 85-120)
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