“The fact that I can tell my customers NASA looked at my product to help confirm it was put together properly that is huge! SATOP is a great asset to small businesses offering engineering services a Chris Spencer President HydroMax SUCCESS STORY#200 Houston based HydroMAX™ is moving ahead with production of an award-winning portable hydration system that allows athletes to drink liquids while playing contact sports on the field. The product was featured on the reality show “Made in the USA” and won best new product and invention. San Francisco 49ers cornerback Sammy Davis will wear HydroMax during the 2006-2007 NFL season. FIND OUT MORE SATOP is Space Technology for Small Business The Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program (SATOP) strives to transfer the knowledge and technology of the space program to small businesses. Any type of small business is encouraged to submit a technical challenge to SATOP. If SATOP is able to assist, the small business is provided with up to 40 hours of FREE technical assistance from a scientist or engineer in the Space Program. MORE ABOUT SATOP Economic Development Organizations A key part of SATOP’s communications strategy has been to form alliances with Economic Development Organizations (EDO) to raise awareness of the program’s offer of free technical assistance for small businesses.. That strategy has been a resounding success thanks to the ongoing efforts of EDOs such as the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County Fla. (BDB). FIND OUT MORE

	SATOP’s Space Alliance Partners include private corporations, universities, and NASA centers in Florida, New Mexico, New York, and Texas that volunteer their time and expertise to assist small businesses via SATOP.
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