National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research & Technology Transfer 2006 Program Solicitations
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9.1.2 EXPLORATION SYSTEMS
The Exploration Systems Mission Directorate aims to develop a constellation of new capabilities, supporting technologies, and foundational research that enables sustained and affordable human and robotic exploration. In order to support this complex mission, the directorate has been organized into eight overarching divisions: the Office of Research, Development Programs Office, the Office of Mission Integration, Acquisition and Mission Support, the Contracts Division, Requirements Division, the Office of Communication, and the Administration Office. Within these offices are numerous subdivisions integral to the objectives of ESMD, including Constellation, Exploration Systems Research and Technology, Prometheus Nuclear Systems and Technology,
Human Systems Research and Technology, and more.
X1.01 Full Data Coherency Systems for Engineering Systems Modeling and Simulation
X1.02 System Lifecycle Integration of Cost and Risk Models
X2.01 Integrated Systems Health Management
X2.02 Spacecraft Autonomy
X2.03 Software Engineering Technologies for Human-Rated Spacecraft
X2.04 Low Temperature, Radiation Hardened Avionics
X3.01 Spacecraft Cabin Atmospheric Management and Habitation Systems
X3.02 Water Processing and Waste Management
X3.03 Crewed Spacecraft Environmental Monitoring and Control and Fire Protection Systems
X4.01 Lunar Regolith Excavation and Material Handling
X4.02 Oxygen Production from Lunar Regolith
X4.03 Lunar Polar Resource Prospecting and Collection
X5.01 Motors and Drive Systems for Cryogenic Environments
X6.01 Radiation Shielding Materials and Structures
X6.02 Lightweight Pressurized Structures Including Inflatables
X6.03 Material Concepts for Lightweight Structure Technology Development
X7.01 Supportability Technologies for Long-Duration Space Missions
X7.02 Human-System Interaction
X7.03 Surface Handling and Mobility, Transportation, and Operations Equipment (Lunar or Mars)
X8.01 Non-Toxic Launch Vehicle Power for Thrust Vector and Engine Actuation
X8.02 Space Based Nuclear Fission Power Technologies
X8.03 Space Rated Batteries and Fuel Cells for Surface Systems
X9.01 Long Term Cryogenic Propellant Storage, Management, and Acquisition
X9.02 Innovative Booster Engine Manufacturing, Components, and Health Management
X9.03 Cryogenic and Non-Toxic Storable Propellant Space Engines
X9.04 Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
X10.01 Ablative Thermal Protection System for CEV
X11.01 Thermal Control for Lunar Surface Systems
X12.01 Food Access Beyond Low Earth Orbit
X12.02 Long-Duration Space Human Factors
X13.01 Space Radiation Health Research Technology
X14.01 Health Preservation in the Space Environment
X14.02 Lunar In Situ Autonomous Health Monitoring
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