NASA bets on procurement reform to speed up the lunar race

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Senior NASA officials presented at a news conference a series of lunar contract awards, new contract opportunities and mission decisions: landers, nuclear-powered rovers, scouting drones, power generation and storage, and communications satellites. According to Mike Gold, former NASA associate administrator and now president of Redwire Space, the agency issued five lunar contract proposals in seven days and adopted a flexible procurement scheme similar to DARPA's.

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NASA announced at a single conference contracts and opportunities for landers, nuclear rovers, drones, power and lunar communications satellites.
Mike Gold, president of Redwire Space, said the agency issued five lunar contract proposals in seven days and called the pace "unprecedented."
The agency uses Broad Agency Announcements and a DARPA-style preliminary proposal process: a short paper first and only then the full proposal.

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