Pricing Strategies for NASA Wind-Tunnel Facilities

Thomas Light ; Chad J. R. Ohlandt ; Jan Osburg

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Economic Policy;    Economists;    Transportation Technology;    Technical Professions;    Aeronautics;    Aircraft;    Engineers and Engineering;   

RP-ID  :  TR-999-NASA

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

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来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains a large array of national-class aeronautics testing capabilities, but there has been an overall downward trend in the use of its wind-tunnel test facilities. Fiscal pressures have increased incentives to cut costs and create additional sources of revenue to sustain and expand the testing capabilities that NASA offers.