TPRC 2024: The 52nd Research Conference on Communications, Information and Inter

This panel will discuss three key policy issues. Firstly, what can be learned from past government policy decisions to purchase commercial communications services? Secondly, what should NASA’s role be in different commercial models, and what might the advantages or disadvantages of various approaches be? Finally, how should NASA optimize the benefits of having a competitive market place, versus the economies of scale benefits of bulk purchasing?