# Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy (OTPS) – NASA

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- NASA Study Provides New Look at Orbital Debris, Potential Solutions  New data analysis indicates that NASA and its partners could have more cost-effective methods for dealing with the growing issue of orbital debris than previously thought.&#160; A new report from NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy provides agency leadership with new insight about how to measure the risks presented by orbital debris.&#160;&#160; “Growing activity [&#8230;]
- OTPS seeks input from the lunar community to inform a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities Questionnaire responses due by June 7, 2024 NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is asking members of the lunar community to respond to a new Lunar Non-Interference Questionnaire that will inform the development of a framework for further work on non-interference of lunar activities. There is no funding or solicitation expected to follow. [&#8230;]
- New Study Updates NASA on Space-Based Solar Power Space-based solar power offers tantalizing possibilities for sustainable energy – in the future, orbital collection systems could harvest energy in space, and beam it wirelessly back to Earth. These systems could serve remote locations across the planet to supplement the terrestrial power transmission infrastructure required today. Countries around the world are investing in space-based solar [&#8230;]
- Save the Date: Apophis 2029 Innovation (A29I) Listening Workshop Save the Date Apophis 2029 Innovation (A29I) Listening Workshop February 7, 2024 Please refer to this web page for any updated information OVERVIEW: NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist (ACT) within the Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy (OTPS) is hosting a listening workshop on February 7, 2024, on innovative approaches to conduct missions during the Earth [&#8230;]
- NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist presents their first annual year-in-review for 2023 OTPS&#160;shares an annual letter from the Agency Chief Technologist (ACT), updates on various studies in the technology domain within OTPS, overviews of the center chief technologists, and vignettes of various technology projects across the agency. Read the full report, A Year in Review 2023 from NASA’s Agency Chief Technologist.
- OTPS Releases its 2023 Annual Report NASA’s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy, shares highlights from the office in 2023, including key accomplishments and collaborations that support the NASA mission.&#160;Read the full report, NASA’s OTPS: A Year in Review 2023
- Models for Facilitating Government-Funded Activities in the Post-ISS LEO Ecosystem In September 2022, the National Space Council directed NASA to “develop a plan for the next generation microgravity national lab in a commercial space station world.” NASA has been working to develop this strategy, to include considerations for establishing robust international partner pathways outlined in a report from NASA&#8217;s Office of Technology, Policy, and Strategy [&#8230;]
- NASA Researcher Honored by Goddard Tech Office for Earth Science Work Earth science researcher Dr. Antonia Gambacorta earned the 2023 Goddard IRAD Technology Leadership award for pioneering new ways to measure lower layers of Earth’s atmosphere from space. The award from the chief technologist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, recognizes Gambacorta’s work demonstrating how hyperspectral microwave sounding, the measurement of hundreds of [&#8230;]
- NASA Engineer Earns Goddard Innovation Award for Sun-studying Photon Sieves Goddard Engineer Kevin Denis receives innovation award for photon sieves.
- NASA Improves GIANT Optical Navigation Technology for Future Missions Goddard's GIANT optical navigation software helped guide the OSIRIS-REx mission to the Asteroid Bennu. Today its developers continue to add functionality and streamline useability for future missions.