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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF SEPTEMBER 4,1996 PSA#1672NASA Headquarters, Office of Space Science, Washington, DC 20546
Attn:SD/Dr. David Gilman A -- AO 96-OSS-02 FOR NASA'S FIFTH DISCOVERY MISSION SOL AO 96-OSS-02
POC Dr. David Gilman tel: 202/358-0349 This notice constitutes a broad
agency announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). The National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Office of Space Science
(OSS), is releasing an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) AO 96-OSS-02,
for investigations suitable for the fifth flight mission in its
Discovery Mission series with a mission launch date no later than
September 30, 2002. Participation in this program is open to all
categories of organizations both domestic and foreign: industry,
educational institutions, nonprofit organization, NASA Centers, and
other Government agencies. The Discovery Program consists of focused
planetary system(s) exploration investigations of limited cost and
duration utilizing medium class or smaller launch vehicles.
Investigations proposed to this AO must be complete investigations from
initiation of preliminary analysis/technical definition (Phase A/B)
through design/development (Phase C/D), including launch plus 30 days
and mission operations and data analysis (Phase E). The Discovery
Program will carry out these investigations using flight missions with
design/development (Phase C/D) costs and mission operations and data
analysis (Phase E) costs of $183 million or less and $43 million or
less respectively in FY 1997 dollars. Phase E periods which require
greater than $43 million are permitted if Phase C/D costs are reduced
accordingly. Phase A/B costs will also be funded by the OSS, but will
not be considered in the design and development cap. These Phase A/B
costs are expected to be approximately $18 million or about 10% of the
Phase C/D costs. A phased proposal selection cycle is in effect for
this AO according to the following nominal schedule: AO Release -
September 20, 1996; Preproposal Conference - October 7, 1996; Notice of
Intent Due - October 18, 1996; Proposal Due - December 11, 1996;
Nondomestic Letter of Endorsement Due - January 10, 1997; Selections
for Feasibility Study Announced (Target) - April 1, 1997; Feasibility
Study Due (Target) - August 31, 1997; Downselection of Investigations
(Target) - September 30, 1997. On September 20, 1996, this AO will be
available electronically on the OSS homepage. The homepage URL address
is: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss/research.htm. For those not
having access to the Internet, a printed copy may be requested from the
Discovery Science Peer Review Panel, Lunar and Planetary Institute,
3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058-1113, phone
(713-486-2166/FAX 713-486-2160/E-mail: cloud@lpi.jsc.nasa.gov).
Inquiries of a technical nature should be directed to Dr. David Gilman
(E-mail: david.gilman@hq.nasa.gov) and inquiries of a scientific
nature should be directed to Dr. Jay Bergstralh (E-mail:
bergstralh@hq.nasa.gov) of the NASA Hqs Office of Space Science.
Proposals must be submitted to the Lunar and Planetary Institute by
close of business 5:00PM (CST), December 11, 1996. (0243) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0005 19960903\A-0005.SOL)
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