The Commercial Space Questionnaire is shown below. This webpage is intended to show some initial results summarizing questionnaire responses. Please click on the links to the left for statistics on questions 1-4, for some completed questionnaires, for some additional responses to questions 5-9, and for an on-line version of the questionnaire. The link to the left for “Blog/Bulletin Boards/Newsletter” is an initial reply to some of the questionnaire respondents asking for such a capability. (Example of blank questionnaire follows below.)
1. What statement best describes your interest in space? Please mark (or highlite with red font) all that apply to you
a. Supplier of space launch services or hardware/software
b. Supplier of ground processing or support services or hardware
c. Supplier of space based assets or services
d. Buyer/user of space services (e.g., biotech, material science, earth science)
e. Financier (Angel, VC, investment banking, etc.)
f. Media/entertainment representative
g. Other
2. Do you know about the NASA COTS program? (Commercial Orbital Transportation Services)
a. No or not much (if no skip to #7)
b. Have heard about it
c. Some knowledge
d. Very familiar
3. Did you or your organization apply for a NASA COTS award?
a. Yes
b. No
4. Do you think NASA should offer other COTS type programs?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Don’t know
5. Do you have any ideas for future NASA COTS type programs? If yes please briefly describe.
6. Do you think the NASA COTS program could be improved? If so how?
7. What do you see as the biggest barrier/obstacle to commercial space?
8. What do you think is the most important thing that NASA could do to support and promote commercial space?
9 Any other comments or suggestions regarding commercial space?
10. Name and contact information for follow-up (optional):
Name:
Organization:
Email/Phone:
11. Do we have your permission to display your responses along with your name and organization (not your E-mail/Phone) on our online website database?
All information submitted in response to this questionnaire will not be attributed to the respondent ( i.e.: the respondent will not be named) without permission of the respondent.
The Alliance of Commercial Enterprises and Education for Space (ACES), a partner of the NASA Space Portal, is working closely with personnel at NASA Ames Research Center and the NASA Johnson Space Center to promote and support the new commercial space industry. This includes support of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program which is critical to key entrepreneurial space initiatives. This questionnaire is intended to collect useful input for NASA in its planning for future commercial space activities and initiatives.
If you have not send us your response, please click here to download the Commercial Space Questionnaire in Microsoft Word format (.doc) or use the on-line questionnaire. Our contact information is located in the lower left corner. Please feel free to contact us if you have any question or suggestion.