# Presentation: 231608

## Office of Exploration Systems Innovative Technology Transfer Partnerships Program 

**Action Plan for Interface with the**** **
**Office of Biological and Physical Research**

**Presented to**
**GRC/Code PM/Project Managers Working Group**

**G. Horsham**
**June 7, 2004**

## Contents

**OExS Framework Overview**
**OBPR Framework Overview**
**OExS/ITTP Action Plan**

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## Office of Exploration SystemsFramework Overview

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## Key Elements of the Nation’s Vision

**Objectives**
**Implement a **_**sustained**_** and **_**affordable**_** human and robotic program**
**Extend human presence across the solar system and beyond**
**Develop supporting innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructures**
**Promote international and commercial participation in exploration**
**Major Milestones**
**2008: Initial flight test of CEV**
**2008: Launch first lunar robotic orbiter**
**2011 First Unmanned CEV flight**
**2014: First crewed CEV flight**
**2015: Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter (JIMO)/Prometheus**
**2015-2020: First human mission to the Moon**

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## Office of Exploration Systems Organization

**Business Operations Division**
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**Development Programs Division**
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**Requirements **
**Division**
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**Office of the Associate Administrator for Exploration Systems**
** **

**Acq Strategy/**
**Business Mgmt**

**Program**
**Assessment**

**Requirements**
**Formulation**

**Systems**
**Integration**

**Human & Robotic**
**Technology**

**Exploration Trans-**
**portation Systems**
***“******Project Constellation”***

**Resource**
**Management**

**Exploration**
**Analysis**

**Nuclear Systems-**
**Development**
***“******Project Prometheus”***

**Info Mgmt &**
**Dissemination**

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## Requirements and Technology Investment Flow

**Requirements**

***Prometheus***

***Constellation***

**Technology **
**Maturation**

**Enterprises**

**Enterprises**

**Prototype**

**Block I**

**Block II**

**Spiral Development****:**

**Enterprises**

**Technologies **

**Mature**
**Design**

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## Exploration Systems: Building on Past Findings and Lessons Learned

**Packard Commission Findings**
**Get operators and technologists together to enable the leveraging of cost-performance trades**
**Apply technology to lower cost of system, not just to increase its performance**
**Mature technology prior to entering engineering and systems development**
**Partnerships with Industry to identify innovative solutions**
**Report of the DSB/AFSAB (Young Report)**
**Requirements definition and control are dominant drivers of cost, schedule, and risk in space systems development programs**

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## Realizing the FutureEarth, Moon, Mars, and Beyond

**Foster and sustain the exploration culture across generations**
**Open new frontiers**
**Continuing and inspiring**
**A constant impetus to educate and train **
**Identify, develop, and apply advanced technologies to...**
**Enable exploration and discovery**
**Allow the public to actively participate in the journey**
**Translate the benefits of these technologies to improve life on Earth**
**Harness the brain power**
**Engage the nation’s science and engineering assets**
**Motivate successive generations of students to pursue science, math, engineering and technology**
**Create the tools to facilitate broad national technical participation**

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## Preparing for Mars Exploration

**Moon as a test bed to reduce risk for future human Mars missions**
**Technology advancement** reduces mission costs and supportsexpanded human exploration
**Systems testing** and technology test beds to develop reliability in harsh environments.
**Expand  mission and science surface operations** experience and techniques
**Human and machine collaboration**:  Machines serve as an extension of human explorers, together achieving more than either can do alone
**Breaking the bonds of dependence on Earth**:  (e.g./Life Science/Closed loop life support tests)
**Power generation and propulsion** development and testing
**Common investments** in hardware systems for Moon, Mars and other space objectives

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## Office of Biological and Physical ResearchFramework Overview

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## B

**B**
**P**
**R**
**E**

**Biological**
**& Physical **
**Research**
**Enterprise**

**Exploration Systems Review Board**
**Deputy Associate Administrators Exploration Coordination Tag Up**
**Requirements Development Team **
**Multidisciplinary team established in Code T Requirements Division**
**Code U serves in a liaison capacity; and provides targeted briefings for areas of interest, such as radiation protection**
**Current focus: trade studies to scope and inform the Level 1 requirements for the Crew Exploration Vehicle, Prometheus, Lunar Robotic Lander**
**Schedule: Draft Level 1 requirements by 9/1/04**
**Human and Robotic Technology (H&RT) Program**
**H&RT Program organized in 3 areas: Advanced Space Technology, Technology Maturation, and Innovation Technology Transfer Partnerships**
**Code U has staff assigned at various levels of the H&RT Program to insure coordination and cooperation with Code U efforts.**
**Current focus: intramural call for proposals to establish workload and expertise assignments across the NASA field centers, in advance of an extramural Broad Agency Announcement planned for early July.**

**Interface Activities between Code U & Code T**

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## B

**B**
**P**
**R**
**E**

**Biological**
**& Physical **
**Research**
**Enterprise**

**Relationships between Organizing Questions**

- Exploration Initiative

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## B

**B**
**P**
**R**
**E**

**Biological**
**& Physical **
**Research**
**Enterprise**

**Level 1**

**Level 2**

**Level 3**

**Biological & Physical Research Enterprise**

**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**Safety & Mission/Product Assurance (S&MA)**
**Science Management**
**Human Support System**
**Radiation Protection**
**Human Health and Performance**

**Advanced Life Support (ALS)**
**Extra Vehicular Activities Technologies (EVA)**
**Space Human Factors Engineering (SFHE)**
**Advanced Environmental Monitoring and Control (AEMC)**
**Contingency Response Technologies (Fire Safety & In-Situ Fabrication & Repair)**
**ISRU for Human Support Technologies**
**Advanced Integrated Matrix (Integrated Testing for Human Support & Other Programs)**
**Low-Gravity and Exploration Research**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**Radiation Exposure and Mission Requirements**
**Measurement Technologies**
**Shielding Solutions**
**Risk Assessment and Projection**
**Biological Countermeasures**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**Human Health and Countermeasures**
**Behavioral Health and Performance**
**Autonomous Medical Care**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**

**Work Break Structure Levels**

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## B

**B**
**P**
**R**
**E**

**Biological**
**& Physical **
**Research**
**Enterprise**

**Level 1**

**Level 2**

**Level 3**

**Biological & Physical Research Enterprise**

**Life in Moon/Mars and Deep Space Environments**
**Flight Systems**
**Advanced Concepts & Technology Maturation**
**Partnerships, Education & Outreach**

**Science Definition, Liaison, and Coordination**
**Requirements Analysis & Technology Assessment**
**Biological Investigations**
**Enabling Autonomous Technologies**
**Payload Concept Definition**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**Requirements Development**
**Safety and Mission/Product Assurance**
**Development**
**Operations**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**Technology Studies**
**Advanced Studies**
**Conceptual Designs **
**Analysis and Designs**
**Mission Requirements/Architecture**
**Technology Development**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**
**RPC Program Infrastructure**
**Low-Gravity Exploration Research**
**Media Campaign**
**OBPR Benefits Reference**
**Product-Line Education Program**
**Industry Forums**
**Marketing Study**
**System Management**
**System Engineering**

**Work Break Structure Levels (con’t)**

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## B

**B**
**P**
**R**
**E**

**Biological**
**& Physical **
**Research**
**Enterprise**

| 5.0 | Human Support System | Dr. E. Trinh |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6.0 | Radiation Protection | Dr. T Lomax |
| 7.0 | Human Health and Performance | Dr. G. Fogleman |
| 8.0 | Life in Moon/Mars and Deep Space Environment | Dr. T. Lomax |
| 9.0 | Flight Systems | Mr. P. Ahlf |
| 10.0 | Advanced Concepts & Technology Maturation | TBD |
| 11.0 | Partnership, Education and Outreach | Dr. F. Schoengerdt |

**OBPR Product Lines**

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## BCPR Disciplines & Cross-Cutting Areas

**Bone loss**
**Muscle alterations & atrophy**
**Neurovestibular adaptation**
**Cardiovascular alterations**
**Immunology, infection & hematology**
**Environmental effects**
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**Clinical capabilities**
**	****	****	**
**Psychosocial adaptation**
**Sleep & circadian rhythms**
**Neuropsychological**
**Space human factors – cognitive capabilities**
**Radiation effects**
**Advanced life support**
**Advanced environmental monitoring **
**Advanced food technology****	**
**Advanced EVA**
**Space human factors – physical capabilities**

***Human Health & ***
***Countermeasures***

***Radiation Health***

***Behavioral Health***
***& Performance***

***Advanced Human***
***Support Technologies***

***Autonomous Medical Care***

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## Risk Mitigation StatusTechnology Readiness Level (TRL) & Countermeasures Readiness Level (CRL)

| TRL Definition | TRL/CRL
Score | CRL Definition | CRL category |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Basic principles observed | 1 | Phenomenon observed and reported
Problem defined | Basic research |  |
| Technology concept and/or application formulated | 2 | Hypothesis formed, preliminary studies to define parameters. Demonstrate feasibility |  |  |
| Analytical and experimental critical function/proof-of-concept | 3 | Validated hypothesis. Understanding of scientific processes underlying problem |  | Research to prove feasibility |
| Component and/or breadboard validation in lab | 4 | Formulation of countermeasures concept based on understanding of phenomenon | Counter-measure develop-ment |  |
| Component and/or breadboard in relevant environment | 5 | Proof of concept testing and initial demonstration of feasibility and efficacy |  |  |
| System/subsystem model or prototype demonstration in relevant environment | 6 | Laboratory/clinical testing of potential countermeasure in subjects to demonstrate efficacy of concept |  |  |
| Subsystem prototype in a space environment | 7 | Evaluation with human subjects in controlled laboratory simulating operational space flight environment |  | Counter-measure demonstration |
| System completed and flight qualified through demonstration | 8 | Validation with human subjects in actual operational space flight to demonstrate efficacy and operational feasibility |  |  |
| System flight proven through mission operations | 9 | Countermeasure fully flight-tested and ready for implementation | Countermeasure operations |  |

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## Office of Exploration SystemsDevelopment Programs DivisionHuman & Robotic Technology Innovative Technology Transfer Partnerships ProgramAction Plan

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## State of Change

**Exploration Vision demands large shift in OBPR emphasis toward Bioastronautics**
***The study and management of the effects of exposure to space flight on humans***** **
**OBPR restructuring program to become “projectized” to meet the new product/technology development, schedule-driven needs of the Exploration Initiative**
**OBPR Transformation**

**$24M ITTP network stands ready to assist OBPR in meeting and satisfying OExS needs**

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## ITTP Proposition

**Focus and commit a fraction of available OExS/ITTP capabilities and resources in collaboration with OBPR to produce technology development and transfer partnerships that serve the needs and objectives of OBPR and the vision for U.S.-led space exploration (****via non-procurement,**** ****technology infusion and commercialization partnerships****). **

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## Goals

**Goal 1: Build working knowledge of OBPR product/technology needs**
**Goal 2: Develop and implement partnerships in selected opportunity areas**
**Goal 3: Foster market-driven technology/product suppliers for OBPR programs**
**Goal 4: Document and help publicize OBPR-related achievements in partnering and Earth benefits**

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## Objectives

**Goal 1**
**Objective 1A: Gain access to agency planning process for BCPR, ASTRA, etc.**
**Objective 1B: Conduct rapid market assessments on select Candidate Opportunity Areas**
**Objective 1C: Down-select opportunity areas for focused ITTP partnership development with OBPR endorsement**
**Goal 2**
**Objective 2A: Engage prospective partners at the appropriate OBPR program,  project, and/or performing level**
**Objective 2B: Accelerate promising partnership opportunities**
**Objective 2C: Provide ITTP support functions in Intellectual Property management; Agreement formulation; Negotiations, etc.**
**Objective 2D: Develop and secure cost-sharing between ITTP, OBPR and other sources**
**Goal 3**
**Objective 3A: Develop collaborative arrangements to prepare and position NASA SBIR technologies for commercial investment, market entry, and OBPR use**
**Objective 3B: Engage early-stage and venture capital investment networks and groups in partnership opportunities**
**Goal 4**
**Objective 4A: Document/promote success stories via ITTP, OBPR, and other NASA publications, press releases and outreach activities**

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## Approach

**NASA**

**R&T Investments and Assets**
**Enterprise Objectives**
**Mission Needs**

**INDUSTRY**

**Funding**
**Technology Expertise**
**Equipment**
**Market Knowledge**

**Technology Partnerships**

**Shorter Technology Development**
**Enhanced Technical Capabilities**
**Higher Technology Readiness**

**ITTP NETWORK**

**New and**
**Improved Products**

**Access New Markets**
**Improve Competitiveness**

**Mature**
**Technology**

**Adoption of New Technology**
**Meet NASA Enterprise Goals**

**Approach**

**Technology**
** ****Infusion**

**Technology**
** ****Commercialization**

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## Benefits

**Enhancement of NASA’s/OBPR’s technological capabilities through leveraging partner capabilities, market-driven technologies, and commercial investment**
**Identification and application of non-procurement partnerships/sources of expertise toward OBPR mission needs**
**Reduction of costs to NASA/OBPR through (no exchange of funds) industry partnerships and collaboration**
**Transitioning of mission-focused technologies to meet “Earth Benefits” requirement**

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## Process

**Identify Candidate Opportunity Areas**
- OBPR Priorities & Investment
- Technology Transfer & Partnering Potential

**Select Opportunity Areas**
- OBPR Technology Needs
- Market/Industry Assessments

**Develop Partnerships**
- Conduct outreach
- Engage prospective partners for OBPR
- Confirm OBPR program interest/need

**Implement Partnerships**
- Secure Funding
- Negotiate / Monitor Agreements

**Innovative Technologies**
**and Products for NASA**
**and the Nation**

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## Resources

**OExS/ITTP manager**
**Interfaces with OBPR divisions and leads/directs internal/external networks **
**develops working knowledge of (Level 2) programs and planning processes**
**Internal network **
**GRC, JSC, MSFC, KSC, and ARC**
**Interfaces with ITTP manager and internal/external network **
**develops working knowledge of OBPR (Level 3) projects, planning processes, and (Level 4)  performing organizations**
**External network**** **
**National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC); Research Triangle Institute (RTI); Technology Commercialization Center (TeCC); and TechLink**
**Conducts industry market research and identifies partnership opportunities**

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## Opportunity Area

**Opportunity Area = **
**OBPR priorities & investment + **
**Technology transfer potential **

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## Sample of Matrix for Code U SBIR Partnership Opportunity Area

**Sample of Matrix for Code U SBIR Partnership Opportunity Area**

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## Funding

**The ITTP program will endeavor to efficiently engage OBPR and related personnel, minimize NASA partnership costs, and fully leverage partner resources**
**ITTP Network services provided at ****no cost**** to OBPR**
**ITTP program proposes to provide (Level 4) funding in the amount of ****$50K per partnership ****to cost-share NASA expenses**
**OBPR (Level 2/3) programs/projects would be expected to provide****  a substantial portion of the funding ****for partnerships**
**In some cases, partners might provide funding for NASA costs in addition to their costs**

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## Your Role

**Understand goals, objectives, process, and opportunity areas approach**
**Review opportunity areas identified by external network for OBPR alignment and partnership**
**Request market research to identify desired opportunity areas and partnerships based on understanding of OBPR **
**Review completed SBIR phase II contracts for potential OBPR opportunity areas**
**Draw on ITTP resources and funding to establish non-procurement partnerships**

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