Engaging for-profit entities in a pre-competitive framework for trust-building, innovation, and market intelligence in the mining and exploration sector.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is seeking a contractor to engage for-profit entities in a pre-competitive framework for trust-building, innovation, and market intelligence in the mining and exploration sector. The contractor will perform research activities that leverage NASA Earth Science Division (ESD) data, work with the NASA representative to ensure students, postdocs, and the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) members are aware of NASA assets, and convey existing and emerging operational needs of IAB members to help drive the next generation of NASA ESD missions and capabilities. • The contractor will work at the Colorado School of Mines. • The contractor will perform research activities using NASA ESD data such as EMIT, AVIRIS, ECOSRTRESS, etc. • The contractor will communicate the IAB meeting agenda and outcomes to the NASA representative. • The contractor will ensure students, postdocs, and IAB members are aware of NASA assets and ways to access and discover them.