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David Steitz served as NASA’s Deputy Associate Administrator for Technology, Policy and Strategy and as the agency’s Deputy Chief Technologist, retiring in 2022. Steitz now works as a technology policy and strategic communications consultant in Washington.

A reorganized NASA Technology Directorate could help streamline the agency’s “moon to Mars” ambitions. Credit: NASA
Posted inOpinion

Transforming NASA: enabling America’s commercial space leadership

by David Steitz January 21, 2025January 16, 2025

With the United States space sector already generating more than $380 billion annually and supporting 100,000 American jobs, incoming NASA administrator Jared Isaacman and NASA stand at a crossroads. Isaacman […]

The 75-meter-high steel structure hosting systems for testing space-based solar power, at Xidian University in Xi'an, north China.
Posted inOpinion

America must win the race for space solar power — or buy it from China

by David Steitz December 9, 2024December 2, 2024
Two NASA engineers examine a 3D-printed aluminum nozzle created under Marshall Space Flight Center’s Reactive Additive Manufacturing for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (RAMFIRE) project. One engineer holds a diagnostic device while the other inspects the nozzle’s surface. In the background, a computer screen displays a 3D model of the component, highlighting the project’s focus on innovation and advanced manufacturing techniques.
Posted inOpinion

Restoring NASA’s original mission

by David Steitz November 6, 2024November 6, 2024
A diagram of space-based solar power technology from NASA's new report. Credit: NASA
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NASA study: clean, space-based solar power beaming is possible

by David Steitz January 19, 2024January 18, 2024
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Op-ed | It’s Time for Congress to Order the Nuclear Option

by David Steitz September 8, 2022January 23, 2023

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