Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Hope To Accelerate The Growth Of Technology Companies
NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the Houston Technology
Center (HTC) have formed a strategic partnership to further expand
HTC's mission of accelerating the growth of emerging technology
companies in the Houston region and to further develop the insights
required to support NASA's long-term goals of increasing private
and public collaboration.
By opening JSC's facilities and resources to outside
partnerships, NASA hopes to find areas of common interest where
both parties can help each other foster new technologies that not
only improve life here on Earth, but also pave the way for future
human exploration in space. "This partnership will provide an
enabling environment where commercial capabilities can develop at
the Johnson Space Center," said JSC Director Michael L. Coats.
"Increasing business opportunities through sustainable technologies
not only boosts the entrepreneurial spirit of the region, but
contributes to the local economy."
HTC is committed to growing a sustainable entrepreneurial
network that will benefit the surrounding Bay Area for years to
come including its future missions beyond low earth orbit. Along
with the other activities to support the existing expertise in the
JSC community, HTC will seed the future workforce through its close
ties with the major universities and with Science Technology,
Engineering, Math (STEM) programs and objectives.
"We are excited to partner with NASA Johnson Space Center in an
effort to foster entrepreneurial opportunities to the transitioning
workforce in the Bay Area. The combination of NASA's
incredible technologies and HTC's powerful entrepreneurial
resources presents the potential for immense economic development,"
said Walter Ulrich, President and CEO of Houston Technology Center.
"We want to keep these brilliant minds here and help them create
new commercial ventures leveraging their unique expertise."
HTC will provide local assistance on the JSC campus to early
stage companies and burgeoning entrepreneurs, with the support of
strategic partners, expert advisors and the extensive HTC community
to take their innovative ideas and develop the strategy for
translating them into successful businesses. The Houston Technology
Center has extended its operations by opening a satellite office at
the Johnson Space Center. To date, HTC has signed two new
clients. Dreamsaver, whose co-founder and CEO is a former
NASA shuttle astronaut, and Chandah, a new commercial space company
focused on small satellites and increasing student experiments on
the International Space Station and encouraging STEM education.
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