National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research 1999 Program Solicitation
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The mission of the Human Exploration and Development of Space (HEDS) Enterprise is to open the space frontier by exploring, using and enabling the development of space and to expand the human experience into the far reaches of space. In exploring space, HEDS brings people and machines together to overcome the challenges of distance, time and environment. Robotic science missions survey and characterize other bodies as precursors to eventual human missions. In using space, HEDS emphasizes learning how to live and work there and utilize the resources and unique environment. In enabling the development of space, HEDS serves as a catalyst for commercial space development. Throughout, this Enterprise will employ breakthrough technologies and ingenious designs to revolutionize human space flight.
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07 INCREASE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURE'S PROCESSES USING THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT
07.01 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Molecular Biology and for Medical Applications
07.02 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Biotechnology and Materials Science
07.03 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Plants and Animals
07.04 Exploiting Gravitational Effects for Combustion, Fluids, Synthesis, and Vibration Technology
08 EXPLORE AND SETTLE THE SOLAR SYSTEM
08.01 In-Situ Resources Utilization (ISRU) of Planetary Materials
08.02 Human Health Maintenance/Countermeasures and Spacecraft Environmental Monitoring, Safety, and Protection
08.03 Spacecraft Life Support Infrastructure
08.04 Space Crew Accommodations and Performance Enhancements
08.05 Extravehicular Mobility/Activity
08.06 Robotic Manipulators, End-Effectors and Joints
08.07 Advanced Manufacturing and Nanotechnology
08.08 Cryogenic Fluids, Handling, and Storage
09 ACHIEVE ROUTINE SPACE TRAVEL
09.01 Environmental and Ecological Technologies
09.02 Spaceport Instrumentation and Meteorological Technologies
09.03 Process/Industrial Engineering Technologies
09.04 Spaceport Cryogenics Technologies
09.05 In-Situ Support Equipment for Surface Operations
10 ENRICH LIFE ON EARTH THROUGH PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN SPACE
10.01 Commercial Microgravity Research and Outreach
11 ADVANCE SPACE COMMUNICATIONS AND OPERATIONS
11.01 Flight/Ground System Autonomous Operations
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