SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- DRAFT STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY
- Notice Date
- 6/30/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH08ZDA00?O
- Archive Date
- 6/30/2009
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Sarah Noble, Scientist, Phone 202-358-3725, Fax 202-358-3097
- E-Mail Address
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Sarah.K.Noble@nasa.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a modification to the synopsis entitled DRAFT STAND ALONE MISSIONS OFOPPORTUNITY NOTICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY which was posted on March 13, 2008.Subject: Lunar Dust Detector Instrument Opportunity Added to SALMONLUNAR DUST DETECTOR INSTRUMENT OPPORTUNITY ADDED TO SALMON AO The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Stand Alone Missions ofOpportunity Notice (SALMON), is intended to provide opportunities for science andtechnology investigations on space flight missions that advance the high priorityscience, technology, and exploration objectives of NASAs four Mission Directorates. Thisfive-year omnibus Announcement of Opportunity (AO) incorporates Program ElementAppendices (PEAs) for general Mission of Opportunity (MO) proposal opportunities as wellas focused proposal opportunities for specific flight opportunities.A new PEA will be added to the AO presenting a Focused Opportunity for an in-situ lunardust detector instrument to be placed on the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust EnvironmentExplorer (LADEE) mission. The LADEE mission is a small focused mission intended toexplore the tenuous lunar atmosphere and dust environment before that environment isaltered by extended human activity on the Moon. LADEE is planned to carry a sciencepayload of three instruments; a neutral mass spectrometer, an Ultraviolet-Visiblespectrometer, and an in-situ dust detector. This SALMON PEA seeks proposals only for thein-situ dust instrument.NASA plans to solicit an instrument capable of directly detecting dust grains at theroughly 50 km expected LADEE orbit. It is expected that the lunar surface-lofted dustcomponent will consist of sub-micron grains traveling at relatively slow speeds. Thedensity of dust at 50 km is expected to be on the order of 10-4/cc. The LADEE mission can accommodate an in-situ dust instrument with the followinglimitations:Total instrument mass: 3 kg + reserve appropriate for its level of maturity;Power provided: 28 Volts unregulated;Continuous power: 5 W (higher peak power may be available at times);Continuous science data rate: 1 kbps (on-board data storage available);Pointing capability of spacecraft: 3-axis stabilized within 5 degrees; andPointing knowledge provided by spacecraft: 1 degree.NASA is targeting an allocation of $5M for this instrument.NASA expects this PEA will be released along with the final version of the SALMON AO nolater than August 2008 (the SALMON draft AO can be viewed at http://nspires.nasaprs.com/, select Solicitations, select Closed Solicitations, select SALMON DRAFT). Further information about the LADEE mission and anticipated payload will be madeavailable in the SALMON reference library at http://salmon.larc.nasa.gov/. Proposals for this PEA will be due 60 to 90 days from the date of release. This PEA and the SALMON AO are in the process of being formally approved by NASA.However, by sending this announcement to prospective investigators at this time (prior torelease), NASA is under no obligation to issue the AO and solicit proposals. Any costsincurred by prospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to thisannouncement are incurred completely at the submitter's own risk.Further information will be posted at http://salmon.larc.nasa.gov/as it becomesavailable. Questions may be addressed to Dr. Sarah Noble, Planetary Science Division,Science Mission Directorate, NASA, Washington, DC 20546; Tel.: (202) 358-3725; Email:Sarah.K.Noble@nasa.gov.
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