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18 -- COMMERCIAL CONSORTIUM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPURPOSE HABITATION MODULE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION SOL 9-BG-03-9-46P POC Marianne G. Bachstein, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 244-8407, Fax (281) 244-7563, Email marianne.g.bachstein1@jsc.nasa.gov -- Marianne G. Bachstein, Contracting Officer, Phone (281) 244-8407, Fax (281) 244-7563, Email marianne.g.bachstein1@jsc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/JSC/date.html#9-BG-03-9-46P. E-MAIL: Marianne G. Bachstein, marianne.g.bachstein1@jsc.nasa.gov. The Commercial Space Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-303) declared a U.S. priority goal of having commercial providers play a substantial role in operation, use, servicing, and augmentation of the International Space Station (ISS). To this end, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) seeks to form a highly diversified commercial consortium to be involved in various ways in the development, outfitting, deployment and operation of a multipurpose habitation module for the ISS. It is NASA's intent that this commercial consortium will own, control, utilize, and maintain part or all of this habitation module. NASA will be one of the many users and customers. Subject to applicable laws and regulations, the commercial consortium is free to sell or lease goods and services related to the habitation module. All interested parties are invited to meet at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, on August 24-26, 1999, to discuss NASA's requirements for this habitation module. Commercial and private parties will then be encouraged to meet with each other and form candidate consortia with proposed business plans. The objective of the conference is to form potential business arrangements between NASA and a single consortium to provide a habitation module for the ISS. Non-aerospace industries, private investors, and qualified international entities are encouraged to participate, as the enterprise is intended to be open to the widest feasible range of applicable terrestrial technologies and potential investors. Please be aware that all applicable export control and technology transfer regulations will be strictly observed. The habitation module would be a home for up to six personnel, complete with bedrooms, a kitchen (including cooking and refrigeration equipment), a pantry, a dining and meeting area for 12 people (including video conferencing and entertainment equipment), two windows, exercise equipment, and a medical examination room. Additional features and variant habitability concepts may be included pending business considerations. The resulting module and associated technology is expected to have significant future space utilization as well as many earth-based applications with a variety of potential commercial investment opportunities. Please visit our web site at http://technology.jsc.nasa.gov/habconference for registration and further information. Posted 08/10/99 (D-SN365868). (0222)

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