Vassigh: NASA shifts from owning hardware to contracting commercial lunar services
Kenny Vassigh · Commercial Space: Innovation, Market Challenges & Startup Success with Caylan Space · Aug 18, 2025 · at 6:52
Kenny Vassigh, founder of aerospace procurement platform Caylan Space, outlines how NASA is structuring contracts for lunar base infrastructure.
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“Instead of NASA building and owning everything like the, during the space shuttle days, NASA wants to rely on commercial companies so we can start this commercial ecosystem, right?”
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