NASA Invests in Its Future With Venture Capital Firm. ‘Red Planet’ Nonprofit to Fund Aerospace Innovation

Hoping to tap the innovation and daring of small aerospace and biomedical companies, NASA has created and funded a nonprofit venture capital firm that will invest government money in promising but underfinanced companies.

By Marc Kaufman
Washington Post Staff Writer

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