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A -- DISCOVERY AO SOL 1-9-98 DUE 013098 POC Jay T. Bergstralh, Disc. Scientist, Planet Data Sys, Phone (202) 358-0313, Fax (202) 358-3097, Email jbergstr@mail.hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://procurement.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#1-9-98. E-MAIL: Jay T. Bergstralh, jbergstr@mail.hq.nasa.gov. (CBD SYNOPSIS) SPECIAL NOTICE TO COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (CBD) RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 9, 1998 COMMENT DUE DATE: JANUARY 30, 1998 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is releasing a Draft Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for community comment (Final Release anticipated for March/April 1998) for investigations suitable for the seventh flight mission in its Discovery Mission series with a mission date no later than September 30, 2004, or for participation in non-NASA space missions identified in this announcement as "Missions of Opportunity." The Discovery Program consists of focused planetary system(s) exploration investigations of limited costs 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 $190 million or less and $44 million or less respectively in FY 1999 dollars ($150 million and $35 million in FY 1992 dollars). Phase E periods which require greater than $44 million are permitted if Phase C/D costs are reduced accordingly. Phase A/B costs will also be funded by the Office of Space Science (OSS) but will not be considered in the design and development cap. These Phase A/B costs are expected to be approximately $19 million or about 10% of the Phase C/D costs. Participation is open to all categories of organizations, foreign and domestic, including industry, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, NASA centers, and other Government agencies. NASA welcomes comment of the Draft AO, which will be available from January 9, 1998, through January 30, 1998, via the World Wide Web site: <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/oss/research.htm&;gt;. For those not having access to the Internet, a printed copy may be requested from Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX, 77058. Inquiries of a technical nature should be directed to Dr. George Albright (E-mail <ossao@hq.nasa.gov>. Note: The E-mail subject field must include the character string "DISCAO"). Inquiries of a scientific nature should be directed to Dr. Jay Bergstralh (E-mail <jay.bergstralh@hq.nasa.gov>). This notice constitutes a NASA Research Announcement as contemplated in FAR 6.102(d)(2). (0357)

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