NASA is opening up management of JPL to competitive bidding for the first time in its history, forcing Caltech to compete for control of the lab it’s run since 1958. The current contract is worth up to $30B and runs through 2028.
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The action forces Caltech to compete for control of the La Cañada Flintridge institution it has managed since NASA’s inception in 1958.
