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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 23:16:09 EDT
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NASA administrator James Beggs announced the 21 teams that have
submitted proposals to establish Centers for the Commercial
Development of Space. * The objective of these centers will be to
stimulate high technology research in the microgravity environment
of space. This research eventually will ead to the development of
new products which either have commercial potential or contribute
to possible commercial ventures. * The reserach areas proposed
include semiconductor crystal growth, remote sensing,
communication technology and biotechnology. * Proposals were
received from: Battelle-Columbus Lab, Columbus, Ohio * The inst
for Technology Development, Jackson, Miss. * Colorado School of
Mines, Golden, Co. * Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, Tenn. * U. of
Fla., Gainesville, Fla. * MIT, Cambridge, Mass. * Midwest Research
Institute, Kansas City, Mo. * U. of Ala., Birmingham, Ala. * U. of
Tenn. Space Inst., Tullahoma, Tenn (2 proposals) * U. of Ala.,
Huntsville, Ala. * Inst. of Space Research, Houston, Tx. * Polymer
Research Inst., Amherst, Mass. * Earth Ata Corp., Stanford, Calif.
* Georgia Tech Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga. * The Natl.
Technological Univ., Fort Collins, Colo. * University City Science
Center, Phila, Penn. * Center for Technology Development,
Albuquerque, N.M. * U. of Va., Charlottesville, Va. * Northwestern
U., Boston, Mass. * Review by technical, managerial and financial
experts is expected to take 45-60 days. NASA will fund between 3
and 6 of the proposals for up to $1 million/year, for a period not
to exceed 5 years. Funding is anticipated by Sept. 1985 * Azeezaly
Jaffer HQ