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Description
- Use of Facilities and Loaned Equipment authorizes federal agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense, to allow non-federal entities to use their space-related facilities on a reimbursable basis.
Features/Characteristics
- The facilities will be used to support commercial space activities. Research may be conducted on a proprietary or nonproprietary basis. For nonproprietary R&D, title to inventions goes to the user but data generated is freely available. Such use must be compatible with Federal activities and equivalent commercial services are not available on reasonable terms. Such use must be consistent with public safety, national security, and international treaty obligations.
I.P. and Resource Commitment
- For proprietary R&D, full cost recovery is required. Patent rights generally go to inventor and proprietary data of the user can be protected. If funded under another Government contractor or international agreement, users are subject to those intellectual property clauses. Reimbursement payment may include direct costs (including salaries of United States civilian and contractor personnel) incurred by the United States as a result of the use of such facilities by the private sector.
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