SpaceX’s Starship wins $53M from NASA for Orbital Refueling Test | NASA Tipping Point 2020 Explained
Channel: Scientia Plus
Date: 2020-10-16

NASA has awarded SpaceX with a $53 million contract to perform a propellant transfer demonstration using its massive Starship spacecraft.
NASA is contracting SpaceX to demonstrate the transfer of ten metric tons of liquid oxygen propellant between one Starship and another, a collaboration with NASA’s Glenn Research Center and the Marshall Space Flight Center.

Through the “Tipping Point” solicitation, NASA seeks industry-developed space technologies that can foster the development of commercial space capabilities and benefit future NASA missions. A technology is considered at a tipping point if an investment in a demonstration will significantly mature the technology, increase the likelihood of infusion into a commercial space application, and bring the technology to market for both government and commercial applications. The public-private partnerships established through Tipping Point selections combines NASA resources with an industry contribution of at least 25% of the program costs, shepherding the development of critical space technologies while also saving the agency, and American taxpayers, money.

00:00 NASA “Tipping Point”
01:12 SpaceX Starship Refueling Tech.
02:07 Cryogenic Fluid Management
03:10 Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative
04:08 Closed-Loop Descent and Landing Capability
04:25 NASA Resources & Industry contributions

More Info:
1.https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/solicitations/tipping_points
2.https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/solicitations/tipping_points/2020_selections
3.https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-announces-partners-to-advance-tipping-point-technologies-for-the-moon-mars/

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