Benefits of CCACS Membership
CCACS exists for the purpose of assisting industry to become involved in the commercialization of space. In order to further that goal, NASA has funded the center at a stable base level of $1 million per year. These funds are used to support faculty and students in projects are directly relevant to the needs of the industrial members, allowing industry to support directed research at reduced cost. The center receives supplemental funding for design, development and operation of space flight hardware, thereby further leveraging industry dollars. Industry researchers are encouraged to become involved directly with the center projects, contributing in-kind support in the form of personnel time, use of equipment, provision of samples, and support of graduate students. If appropriate, the students can be assigned to work on projects of interest to the center at the industrial member's site.
In addition to the center base and space flight hardware funding, and far
overshadowing it in magnitude, is the access to space provided to center
members by NASA. Considering that access costs run roughly $10,000 per pound of
experimental payload, the leveraging of industrial dollars in the center
can be enormous. CCACS thus represents an excellent investment
opportunity
for any company that has a product or process which can benefit from space
research. An added public relations benefit comes from the association of
the member's research with NASA research, which is promoted extensively by NASA
and CCACS. The member is free to advertise this association, using the
CCACS and NASA logos in accordance with established guidelines as published at
http://www.nasa.gov. Members are encouraged to make mention of
the CCACS and NASA research connections in their annual reports.
CCACS Members
CCACS is an interdisciplinary center involving industry participants, government laboratories and faculty members. Current members and affiliates of the center are listed below in order of their joining. Links are shown to those with which we have formal agreements and/or with which we are currently active.
Technology International, Inc.
Colorado Commission on Higher Education
ADA Technologies, Inc.
Microcool, a Division of Nortec Industries, Inc.
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center
International Water Mist Association
U. S. Naval Research Laboratory
Faculty listings are located on the Research page.
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Director of CCACS
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (303) 384-2096; FAX: (303) 384-2327; Email: mduke@mines.edu