Space Technology Mission DirectorateInnovation and Opportunity Conference 2018

Therese Griebel, Deputy Associate Administrator for STMD Programs | 11.07.18

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sparking innovation

enabling explorationand discovery

investing inAmerica

TECHNOLOGY DRIVES EXPLORATION

embracingcompetition and public-private partnerships

engaging the brightest mindsNASA Pre-decisional – Internal Use Only – Do

Not Distribute

Early Stage Innovation

TechnologyMaturation

• NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts

• Space Tech Research Grants• Center Innovation Fund/Early

Career Initiative

Partnerships & Technology Transfer• Technology Transfer • Prizes and Challenges• iTech

Low TRL

SBIR/STTR

• Game Changing Development

Mid TRL

High TRL

Technology Demonstrations • Technology Demonstration

Missions• Small Spacecraft

Technology• Flight Opportunities

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FY 2018 Key Accomplishments

KilopowerTesting successfully completed on 1 kW ground demonstration system- could be used for an affordable fission nuclear power system to enable long-duration stays on planetary surfaces.

In Space Robotics Manufacturing Assembly All 3 contractors completed Phase I (design, build and test/demo) successfully, and submitted proposals for flight demo

Small Spacecraft Two small spacecraft (Integrated Solar Array and Reflect Antenna and Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration) missions were successfully launched aboard Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft.

Solar Electric Propulsion Completed preliminary design review for Advanced Electric Propulsion system

Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology (SEXTANT) Aboard ISS demonstrated fully autonomous X-ray navigation in space — a capability that could revolutionize NASA’s ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far reaches of the solar system and beyond.

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FY 2018 Key Accomplishments

Laser Communication Relay Demonstration Successfully completed system Integration and Testing to support a 2019 launch on STPSat-6

Flight Opportunities Testing for Precision Landing Technologies Successful flight test of a Navigation Doppler Lidar and Lander Vision System for future robotic and crewed missions

Deep Space Optical Communication Completed System Requirements Review and KDP-B for flight demonstration on the Psyche mission

Centennial Challenges Program Awarded more than $1.5 million for technology solutions toward the Cube Quest, 3D Printed Habitat and the Space Robotics Challenges.

SBIR/STTR Industry Day Over 450 innovators from across the country participated in 2nd workshop

Restore-LNovember 2017 Complete Preliminary Design Review

Space Technology Research InstitutesSuccessful Year 1 reviews of the inaugural STRIs

EXPLORATION CAMPAIGN

Timelines are tentative and will be developed further in FY2019

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VITAL ROLE OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY IN EXPLORATIONSAMPLING OF CURRENT INVESTMENTS

*Timelines are tentative and will be developed further in FY2019 7

ORION & SLS

3D Woven Compression PadsRendezvous and Proximity Operations Sensors Heat ExchangerComposite JointsRAMPT Propulsion Tech

Solar Electric Propulsion Optical CommunicationsIn Space ServicingDisruption Tolerant Networking

Smart Autonomous Systems Robotic Refueling MissionGCR Shielding EM-1 CubeSats

Precision Landing/Sensors• SPLICE• Lunar TRN/Dopplar Lidar• Tipping Point Technologies• High Performance Spaceflight

Computing

Cryogenic Fluid Management• eCryo• High Capacity Cryocooler• Tipping Point TechnologiesIn Situ Resource Utilization

Surface Fission Power DemoBulk Metallic Glass GearsSurface Mobility/PUFFERDeep Space Engine RAMPT Propulsion Tech

EDL/LOFTIDMEDLI2MOXIENTPRAMPTDSOC

LANDER AND SURFACE OPERATIONS

GATEWAY

MARS

Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR)

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FY 2018 Awards

SBIR Awards: 304 Phase I and 145 Phase IISTTR Awards: 44 Phase I and 20 Phase II awards

FY 2019-2020:• Topics increasingly aligned to Exploration Campaign

technology focus areas• Competing centralized contract for discretionary technical

assistance vendor to provide business assistance to Phase II awardees.

• NASA will pilot, starting with STTR program, making Phase II sequential awards for technologies that need additional development funding at Phase II before they are ready for matching funding from potential customers.

• With extension to authority for use of 3% administrative funding, NASA will continue commercialization assistance programs:

• i-Corps training grants to Phase I awardees; • Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program

(CCRPP) provides additional SBIR/STTR matching funding for post Phase II technology development with significant customer pull).

SBIR/STTR Technology Infusion Examples

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Brine Processor Assembly (BPA)

• Paragon Space Development Corporation, a small business headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is developing a system that will increase overall life support systems water recovery from astronaut urine aboard the International Space Station.

• An ISS technology demonstration is scheduled to launch in 2019. This experiment will verify that the BPA is capable of increasing ISS water recovery from ~80% to ~98%, a necessary milestone in order to enable long-duration space exploration beyond low earth orbit.

Scroll Compressor for MOXIE on Mars 2020

• MOXIE is an ISRU technology demonstrator that will extract O2 and CO from CO2, the main component in Martian air. It’s a 1:200 scale model of a unit that would generate propellant for a crewed Mars Ascent Vehicle.

• The first step in O2 generation is collection and compression of the atmosphere. Air Squared, a small business in Broomfield, CO, is supplying a scroll compressor for this purpose.

• This custom version of the P11H024A-BLDC-SH single-stage scroll vacuum pump will fly on Mars 2020.

Priority Technologies for Flight Demo

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Precision Landing

In Situ Resource UtilizationKilopower

Cryofluid Management

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

Public-Private Partnerships: Tipping Point Technologies

• Tipping Point:• Increased focus on collaboration with the commercial space sector• Fixed price contracts with milestone payments• Requires a minimum 25 percent contribution from corporation or customer• Leverage emerging marks and capabilities to meet NASA’s strategic goals AND focus on industry

needs• Increase likelihood of infusion into a commercial space application• Substantial benefit to both commercial and government sectors

• Tipping Point Awards:• 2016 – 9 Awards• 2017 – 6 Awards• 2018 – 10 Awards

• Next Opportunity ~Early FY2019 (planned)• Space Tech Solicitations: https://go.usa.gov/xQRwV

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STMD anticipates releasing Tipping Point with targeted topics every year

Public-Private Partnerships:Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO)

• Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity (ACO):• Focus on industry-developed space technologies that can advance the commercial space sector

and benefit future NASA missions• NASA provides technical expertise and test facilities, as well as hardware and software to aid

industry partners in maturing technologies• Non-Reimbursable Space Act Agreements (no funds exchanged)

• ACO Awards:• 2015- 13 awards• 2017- 10 awards

• ACO2019 open now: https://tinyurl.com/NASA-SpaceTech-ACO-2019• 6-10 awards are anticipated• NASA expects to select projects worth a combined total of up to $10 million to U.S. industry• Mandatory preliminary proposals for this opportunity are due by December 5. Final proposals

are due May 15, 2019.

• Space Tech Solicitations: https://go.usa.gov/xQRwV

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STMD anticipates releasing ACO every other year

Sampling of Industry and OGA Participants in Exploration Technology

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STMD By The Numbers (FY 2018)

Proposals Evaluated>3,000

University Partnerships with >120 Universities

>300Projects Leading to Flight Demonstrations

>60

Active Technology Projects

Software Releases Industry Collaborators Transitions since 2011

>1,000 >1,900 >400 >850

Proposals Selected>700

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Exploration Research & Technology Strategic Investments

Exploration Commerce

Emphasis on the MoonKeeping an Eye Towards Mars and Beyond

Investing in the Growing Space Economy

Lunar Exploration: Lunar Orbital Technologies

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Solar Electric Propulsion

eCryo

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

Lunar Flashlight

Autonomous Medical Operations

LunIR

Satellite Servicing

Lunar IceCube

EM-1 CubeSats

Gateway

In-Space Transportation

Robotic Refueling Mission

Robotic Caretaker

RAMPT

Cube Quest CubeSat

Cryogenic Fluid Management

Thick GCR Shield

High Capacity Cryocooler

In-Space Manufacturing

Smart Autonomous Systems

PPE

EM-1 Cubesats PPE and Gateway In-Space Transportation

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eCryo

Autonomous Medical

Operations

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

Surface Mobility

Bulk Metallic Glass Gear

Additive Construction with

Mobile Emplacement

LOx HydrogenLander

Propulsion

Kilopower

Lunar Terrain Relative Navigation

SPLICE

Navigation Doppler Lidar

Hazard Detection

Lidar

Spacecraft Oxygen Recovery

In-space Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly

Thick GCR Shield

Cryogenic Fluid

Management

Laser Communications

Relay

High Capacity Cryocooler

Lunar Exploration: Lunar Surface Technologies

ISRU

RAMPT

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Exploration: Beyond Cislunar Technologies

+MEDLI2

In-Space

LOFTID

Mars TRN

NTP

Kilopower

Solar Electric Propulsion

LOxHydrogen

Lander Propulsion

eCryo

Cryogenic Fluid Management

High Performance Spaceflight Computing

SPLICE

Navigation Doppler Lidar

Hazard Detection

Lidar

Autonomous Medical Operations

Deep Space Atomic ClockLaser

Communications Relay

In-space Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly Bulk Metallic

Glass Gear

RAMPT Spacecraft Oxygen Recovery

Additive Construction with Mobile Emplacement

Robotic Refueling Mission

Low Cost Upper Stage Propulsion

Solely Beyond Cislunar

Both Lunar & Beyond Cislunar

MOXIE

Thick GCR Shield

ISRU

Mars EDL

EDL/Lander

Surface

Optical Communication

Space Technology Research Grants

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NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships– Graduate student research in space technology; research

conducted on campuses and at NASA Centers and not-for-profit R&D labs

Early Career Faculty – Focused on supporting outstanding faculty researchers early in

their careers as they conduct space technology research of high priority to NASA’s Mission Directorates

Early Stage Innovations– University-led, possibly multiple investigator, efforts on early-

stage space technology research of high priority to NASA’s Mission Directorates

– Paid teaming with other universities, industry and non-profits permitted

Space Technology Research Institutes– University-led, integrated, multidisciplinary teams focused on

high-priority early-stage space technology research for several years

Engage Academia: tap into spectrum of academic researchers, from graduate students to senior faculty members, to examine the theoretical feasibility of ideas and approaches that are critical to making science, space travel, and exploration more effective, affordable, and sustainable.

Accelerate development of groundbreaking high-risk/high-payoff low-TRL space technologies

81 new awards in FY18• ESI17: 14• NSTRF18: 56• ECF18: 11

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Number of Awards

STRG Portfolio by Technology Area

Awards: 606 States: 43 Territories: 1 (PR) Universities: 109

> 300 active awards at any one time!