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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JANUARY 10, 2002 FBO #0039
MODIFICATION

A -- ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENT CONCERNING THE NASA OFFICE OF SPACE SCIENCE PLANS FOR THE MAGNETOSPHERIC MULTISCALE (MMS) MISSION

Notice Date

1/8/2002
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

Contracting Office

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
 

ZIP Code

20771
 

Solicitation Number

10-00027
 

Response Due

8/24/2002
 

Point of Contact

Dr. James Spann, MMS Study Scientist, Phone (202) 358-0888, Fax (202) 358-3987, Email jspann@hq.nasa.gov
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to Dr. James Spann
(jspann@hq.nasa.gov)
 

Description

Note that this announcement is identical in content to the previous announcement released in October 2001 with the exception of the plans for the first Announcement of Opportunity and the estimated schedule. The Sun-Earth Connection Division of the Office of Space Science (OSS), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), issues this Announcement of Intent (AOI) concerning its tentative plans for the solicitation and implementation of the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission, which is a key, strategic mission in the Solar Terrestrial Probe program. Note that this AOI is not a solicitation for the MMS science investigations, spacecraft, or launch vehicle. The current state of planning calls for NASA OSS to release two Announcements of Opportunity (AO's) that will solicit proposals for science investigations to accomplish the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission. This mission intends to investigate and answer the fundamental questions concerning the physics of reconnection, charged particle acceleration, and turbulence as outlined in the MMS Science & Technology Definition Team Report (available at http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/mms/mms.htm ). The primary science objective of the MMS mission is to understand magnetic reconnection. Because of the need for the maximum congruence, compatibility, and simultaneity of the required data over a volume of space, the studies that have been conducted to date suggest that this mission must consist at a minimum of four identical spacecraft, each carrying identical science payloads. Three options have been thoroughly considered for the first AO: (1) Mission Principal Investigator (PI) mode (all instruments + spacecraft + ground system), (2) Instrument Suite (all instruments), and (3) Individual Instruments. A focused science investigation is required for MMS. This can best be satisfied by options 1 or 2, which would deliver a highly integrated science payload. NASA believes that option 2 provides greater potential for competition than option 1. Therefore, NASA intends to issue the first MMS AO soliciting an Instrument Suite Science Team (ISST) science investigation under the leadership of single PI. This PI would provide identical science payloads that would cover all mission phases (A-E) and partner with NASA to build and operate the MMS mission. Given the availability of multiple proposals of sufficient merit, NASA intends to select several science proposals to conduct preliminary studies (Phase A). Down-selection would occur at the conclusion of Phase A to the best ISST proposal to participate in Phases B-E. Upon the announcement of the selection of the ISST, NASA intends to release the second MMS AO that will solicit Interdisciplinary Science (IDS) investigations. Pending the submission of a sufficient number of proposals of merit, four to six IDS investigators will be selected who will have equal and open access to all of the MMS science data and who will be expected to work synergistically and cooperatively with the ISST PI for the completion of specific science investigations, including any that may have similar objectives even though independently proposed. The successful IDS investigators and the ISST investigation PI will together form the MMS Science Working Group that will participate with NASA for implementation and successful completion of this mission. The estimated schedule of these procurements is as follows: Release of Draft AO of the MMS ISST AO - March 2002 Release of Final ISST AO - May 2002 ISST Proposals due - August 2002 Selection of ISST proposal(s) and initiation of Phase A study - November 2002 Conclusion of Phase A study and release of MMS IDS AO - Fall 2003 Selection of MMS IDS investigations - Winter 2003 Launch of MMS spacecraft and initiate mission operations - 2008 Comments or questions regarding this AOI may be directed as follows: By mail: Dr. Jim Spann MMS Study Scientist Code SS NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546 By fax: 202-358-3987 (please use a cover sheet addressed to Dr. Spann to help ensure confidentiality) By E-mail: jspann@hq.nasa.gov (please use "MMS AOI" as the Subject)
 

Web Link

Click here for the latest information about this notice
(http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=04#99081)
 

Record

SN20020110/00012671-020109090714 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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