“Team Ohio” comprised of The Ohio State University, the State of Ohio, JobsOhio, and One Columbus Selected to Develop Facility to Support World’s First-Ever Science Park Devoted to Space
PARIS, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Voyager Space (Voyager), right now introduced it has chosen a proposal from The Ohio State University, the State of Ohio, JobsOhio, and One Columbus (“Team Ohio”) to find the terrestrial analog of the George Washington Carver Science Park (GWCSP) at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio.
The GWCSP, established by Voyager and its working firm Nanoracks, is anticipated to be a core component of Starlab, the businesses’ proposed business house station. In December 2021, Voyager and Nanoracks gained a $160 million award from NASA to design Starlab as a part of NASA’s Commercial Destination Free Flyers (CDFF) effort. The GWCSP is the world’s first-ever science park in house, working right now on the International Space Station (“ISS”). The GWCSP leverages a profitable terrestrial business mannequin the place scientists and business consultants share findings, collaborate, and use new applied sciences to advance each scientific and business endeavors.
Together, Team Ohio and Voyager agreed to a two-phase program to understand the event of the GWCSP terrestrial lab. The mission continues to be pending evaluation and approval of incentives from JobsOhio and the Ohio Department of Development. The effort will start this 12 months with a facility at Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Next 12 months, the organizations plan to break floor on a stand-alone facility on the Ohio State Aerospace and Air Transportation Campus, residence to The Ohio State University Airport (KOSU), Ohio State’s Aerospace Research Center, Knowlton Executive Flight Terminal and Education Center, and a spread of company, authorities, and personal aviation and aerospace actions.
“Ohio is the birthplace of aviation and has a deep-rooted history in aerospace and defense innovation,” stated Dylan Taylor, Chairman and CEO of Voyager Space. “It’s clear that Ohio offers the most beneficial location for a terrestrial facility to support the long-term success and utilization of George Washington Carver Science Park. Company researchers, operators, visionaries, and space change makers in Ohio will have the ability to influence and inspire organizations pursuing aerospace research and development and we are thrilled to be partnering with Team Ohio on this exciting project.”
Ohio’s schools and universities collectively graduate greater than 13,000 engineers and engineering technicians annually. The state is residence to greater than 110,000 private and non-private aerospace and aviation professionals, in addition to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Battelle, the NASA Glenn Research Center, the NASA Armstrong Test Facility and the Ohio Unmanned Aircraft Systems Center, which is pioneering modern applied sciences to enable drones to fly safely past the visible line of sight.
“The George Washington Carver Science Park is a wonderful example of the powerful synergies that Ohio offers to commercial space ventures,” stated Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. “This landmark partnership at the intersection of aerospace and agriculture is extraordinary. Together, we will accelerate transformational aerospace technologies as Ohio continues to lead this nation into the Aerospace Age of the 21st Century.”
The proposed website of the momentary GWCSP is positioned throughout the present laboratory, classroom, workplace, and assembly house at the Agricultural Engineering Building on the Ohio State campus. In addition to analysis, instructing, and repair operations, this facility can also be residence to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (“ARS”) (ars.usda.gov). NASA and USDA have greater than 120 joint house agricultural analysis actions in progress at present.
“By collaborating with Team Ohio, Voyager Space is launching one of the most creative public-private partnerships in one of the most sought-after space destinations on this planet,” stated Dr. John Horack, inaugural holder of the Neil Armstrong Chair in Aerospace Policy within the College of Engineering and John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. “We know this initial collaborative investment will transform into a broader commercial space research magnet that serves as the primary North American site for the George Washington Carver Science Park.”
“In my conversations with the Voyager and Nanoracks team, I assured them that Ohio was 100 percent committed to being a leading innovator in aviation and aerospace,” stated Lt. Governor Jon Husted, Director of InnovateOhio. “This partnership between Nanoracks, Voyager and Ohio State represents a significant step toward leading this nation into on-orbit, human commercial space operations, and the people of Ohio will be playing an important role in the future.”
“The decision to establish the George Washington Carver Science Park at The Ohio State University provides Voyager/Nanoracks direct access to some of the world’s leading research,” stated J.P. Nauseef, JobsOhio president and CEO. “This commercial space laboratory will be the most advanced of its kind on Earth, bolstered in Ohio by 100,000 university researchers, faculty, staff and students, as well as partnerships between public, private and academic resources that will fuel the innovations that make sustained life in space possible.”
The analysis performed at the GWCSP terrestrial lab will purpose to generate constructive social, financial, academic, and quality-of-life outcomes for a broad vary of constituents, particularly, the Ohio agriculture group. Some of those advantages embrace analysis to protect Ohio’s water high quality, present higher crop manufacturing and enhance plant and animal genetics for Ohio’s agricultural group.
“We have only just begun to scratch the surface of the possibilities and opportunities that await us in the ‘final frontier,’ and our ability to maximize future exploration hinges on collaboration between scientists and industry experts,” says President of The Ohio State University, Kristina M. Johnson. “Locating the terrestrial lab of the George Washington Carver Science Park on Ohio State’s campus will be the best possible way to facilitate this joint effort and ensure we are sharing resources, research and knowledge across multiple disciplines.”
The GWCSP terrestrial lab is about to embrace high-bay laboratory house, appropriate for scientific analysis experiments that span your entire vary of Starlab actions, process improvement, testing, prototyping, and different actions important on the trail to spaceflight analysis.
The George Washington Carver Science Park honors the legacy of the famed American agricultural scientist and inventor who developed a whole bunch of meals merchandise and sensible, sustainable farming strategies. The George Washington Carver Science Park is the primary space-dedicated member of the International Association of Science Parks (IASP), a catalyst for world participation within the house analysis ecosystem. Additionally, Ohio-based Zin Technologies (ZIN) and the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a Washington D.C.-based firm with a long-standing presence in Ohio, are a part of the founding GWCSP management group. ZIN is advising on the general GWCSP in-space lab design and can develop key {hardware} as wanted. USRA will direct and handle the science park, prioritize and schedule analysis, and oversee scientific lab operations.
About Voyager Space
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