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when i think of nasa

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i think of

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an agency focused on technology at the

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instead of telling people the specific

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idea that they need to work on what

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we're going to do is set grand

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challenges for our technological pace

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what we're going to be looking for are

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the first stage is called early stage

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innovation it's a new idea how do we

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assess how practical it is how feasible

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it is how nasa can use it who can use it

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we have a funnel and many concepts come

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in from many directions they have to get

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a chance there has to be some vetting a

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few will actually turn out to be

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worthy of further study further study

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usually involves more effort and more

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expense so we can't do it for all of

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them but this is the initial gate where

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we try to give those ideas a chance and

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we hope one of them is going to change

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the next stage is game changing

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technologies a game-changing technology

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has the ability to change a customer's

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expectation in a profound way

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many ideas die because it's very

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expensive to transition from small scale

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laboratory to a large

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mission typically in nasa we've provided

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a solution

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in the game changing program we're going

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to actually provide a capability that we

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need

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leaving it open to innovation and

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high-risk technologies to be proposed

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rather than the classic way that nasa

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has done it

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and once that high-risk technology has

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been proven out then it's more readily

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once the technology

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crosses the game-changing hurdle

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it would be brought into cross-cutting

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capabilities demonstration to be

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demonstrated in relevant environment

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we also want to think outside the box

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where we're doing things in more

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streamline and efficient manner like

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testing it on an aircraft or suborbital

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platform like a sounding rocket or even

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on the ground here a test chamber or a

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lab

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and

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nasa needs to be able to collaborate by

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getting the expertise that exists at

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various nasa centers

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industry academia

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other government agencies

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we could actually try to

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broaden from a low

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maturity level to a mid-material level

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to a high maturity level and look at

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multiple partners and

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customers that would be interested in

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we're not developing technology just

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playing our sandbox

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we're developing technological solutions

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for the united states to position itself

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as a leader in the future we have to

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these are grand challenges for the

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agency these are grand challenges that

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will engage the nation this is what nasa

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was built for and these are the things