Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: CORNELL TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC
Awarding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Period of performance: 2018-10-09 to 2019-11-30
Current total value of award: $750363
Description: TITLE: LARGE MISSION CONCEPT STUDIES INDEPENDENT COST ASSESSMENT. TO PROVIDE SUPPORT NASA ASTROPHYSICS DIVISION 4 COMMUNITY DRIVEN STUDIES TO DESIGN LARGE STRATEGIC MISSION CONCEPTS FOR PRIORITIZATION BY THE 2020 ASTROPHYSICS DECADAL SURVEY.  TO THIS END 4 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOFY DEFINITION TEAMS WERE FORMED. THE TEAMS WILL SUBMIT A FINAL REPORT TO NASA BY FEBRUARY 2019. THE REPORT WILL CONTAIN THE SCIENCE CASE, ITS FLOWDOWN TO MISSION REQUIREMENTS TWO MISSION ARCHITECTURES FOR TWO POINT PRICES AND THE REPORT OF THE DESIGN LAB RUNS AT THE INTEGRATED DESIGN CENTER.