National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research & Technology Transfer 2004 Program Solicitations
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9.1.2 BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL RESEARCH
NASA’s Biological and Physical Research Enterprise conducts basic and applied research to support human exploration of space and to take advantage of the space environment as a laboratory. It creates unique cross-disciplinary research programs, bringing the basic sciences of physics, biology, and chemistry together with a wide range of engineering disciplines. This Enterprise asks questions that are basic to our future: How can human existence expand beyond the home planet to achieve maximum benefits from space? How do fundamental laws of nature shape the evolution of life?
B1.01 Exploiting Gravitational Effects for Combustion, Fluids, Synthesis, and Vibration Technology
B1.02 Gravitational Effects on Biotechnology
B1.03 Materials Science for In-Space Fabrication and Radiation Protection
B1.04 Bioscience and Engineering
B2.01 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Plants and Animals
B2.02 Biological Instrumentation
B2.03 Understanding and Utilizing Gravitational Effects on Molecular Biology and for Medical Applications
B3.01 Environmental Control of Spacecraft Cabin Atmosphere
B3.02 Space Human Factors and Human Performance
B3.03 Human Adaptation and Countermeasures
B3.04 Food and Galley
B3.05 Biomedical R&D of Noninvasive, Unobtrusive Medical Devices for Future Flight Crews
B3.06 Waste and Water Processing for Spacecraft Advanced Life Support
B3.07 Biomass Production for Planetary Missions
B3.08 Software Architectures and Integrated Control Strategies for Advanced Life Support Systems
B3.09 Radiation Shielding to Protect Humans
B3.10 Sensors for Advanced Human Support Technology
B4.01 Space Market Driven Research
B4.02 Market Driven Space Exploration Payloads
B4.03 Market Driven Space Infrastructure
B4.04 Partnering Innovations for Security and Safety
B5.01 Telescience and Flight Payload Operations
B5.02 Flight Payload Logistics, Integration, Processing, and Crew Activities
B5.03 Development of Improved Outreach Planning and Implementation Products
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