NASA Space Act partnership

Packet identity

Packet ID: opportunities:opp-spaceact
Packet SHA-256 identity: 8d58dc1daa78dc9cb393950c9c388cab82481e8ba0f9083b42f9260ba515210d
Corpus SHA-256 identity: 8fa944604ca189f5a9216ca59f640ad2ca20972ad512f2f4970764716782e18d
Release ID: public-alpha-2026-07-26-research-visuals-r14
Source commit: 3eb036fce3d711336c8c605625895e8a2e799ab0
Frozen corpus date: 2026-07-25
Primary records: 1
Reference sources: 1

Questions and exclusions

Required questions

Required question 1 (exact ID: question-1)
Does the official source support the opportunity identity, status, timing, eligibility, and access constraints?
Required question 2 (exact ID: question-2)
Is the proposed fit specific and proportionate without implying availability, invitation, selection, or funding?
Required question 3 (exact ID: question-3)
What deadline, rule, jurisdiction, cost, conflict, or accessibility fact would change the proposed next action?

Explicit exclusions

Review does not submit, register, apply, contact, commit, purchase, or establish eligibility.
Provider prestige and apparent fit cannot replace current official terms.

Requested controlled scopes: ecosystem-due-diligence, opportunity-eligibility-access

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opportunity · opp-spaceact

NASA Space Act partnership

Record fingerprint
49662376fab1eaa1b19c7d30aef33fdfc0538ba5437b1d111eaaa4b9898324f5

Minimum approvals
1

Required scope groups
bounded-competence: ecosystem-due-diligence, opportunity-eligibility-access

High-consequence domains
None under the named two-person rule

Review state
pending

Published human decisions
0

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ID
opp-spaceact
Name
NASA Space Act partnership
URL
https://www.nasa.gov/partnerships/how-to-partner/ (opens external site in a new tab)
Provider
NASA
Kind
Facility and expertise partnership
Timing
Proposal- and opportunity-based. NASA describes center partnership offices, public announcements, events, and direct center engagement rather than a single rolling funding call.
Fit
Mature, bounded prototypes with mutual mission value
Status
recurring; proposal-based
Verified At
2026-07-25
Eligibility
NASA can enter Space Act Agreements with companies, universities, research institutions, nonprofits, government agencies, and foreign entities subject to U.S. law and NASA policy. Suitability depends on mutual mission value, NASA capability, and the agreement type.
Access Notes
Space Act Agreements are non-procurement instruments and may be nonreimbursable, reimbursable, funded, or unfunded. Funded and unfunded agreements require full and open competition; reimbursable agreements generally require the partner to pay NASA's full costs.
Founder Action
Defer until a mature bounded prototype has a clear NASA capability need, mutual-benefit case, funding plan, and legal review; seek authorization before contacting a center partnership office.
Evidence Boundary
Official NASA partnering FAQ reviewed. It describes eligible entity classes, agreement types, costs, mutual-benefit expectations, and discovery routes; it does not establish a current solicitation, entitlement, proposed agreement, or partnership.
Relationship
indexed only; no formal relationship
Action Status
proposed; not undertaken
Conflicts
Cost recovery, IP, data rights, liability, export control, non-exclusivity, public-relationship language, and government ethics require specialist review.
What Would Change
A relevant public announcement, identified NASA capability and center, prototype evidence, cost estimate, or negotiated agreement terms would materially change the assessment.
Current Until
2026-08-01

Equivalent record table for this packet
Record	Subject	Fingerprint	Approvals	Scope groups
opportunity:opp-spaceact	NASA Space Act partnership	`49662376fab1eaa1b19c7d30aef33fdfc0538ba5437b1d111eaaa4b9898324f5`	1	bounded-competence: ecosystem-due-diligence, opportunity-eligibility-access

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Source inclusion does not determine the disposition. Reviewers must inspect the cited locator and relation, note inaccessible material, and identify stronger or conflicting evidence.

Sources, verification dates, scope notes, and exact fingerprints
Source ID	Source	Checked	Scope boundary	Fingerprint
official-opportunity-opp-spaceact	NASA Space Act partnership (opens external site in a new tab)	2026-07-25	Official NASA partnering FAQ reviewed. It describes eligible entity classes, agreement types, costs, mutual-benefit expectations, and discovery routes; it does not establish a current solicitation, entitlement, proposed agreement, or partnership.	`6e9ec91627124704182def889091793cde8ec4bdbbc068524d6373779f1d333b`

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