Space Technology Overview Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Spring Meeting
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Space Technology Overview Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Spring Meeting Mr. James Reuter | Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate | 05.11.2021 2 STMD FY 2021-2022 Highlights Blue Origin Deorbit Descent & Mars 2020 Perseverance: MOXIE, MEDLI2, MEDA and TRN Laser Comm Relay Demo Landing (BODDL-TP)/SPLICE Robotic Refueling Mission 3 February 2021 and beyond.. June 2021 October 2020 On Orbit Robotics Ops Mars Landing & Surface Operations and Demo October 2020 Flight demo 1 aboard suborbital Launch Operations Complete rocket Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment 1 (PRIME-1) CLPS Mission Cold Operable Deployable Plume Surface April 2021 Spring 2022 Arm (COLDArm) Cryo Fluid Technologies Interaction (PSI) MSolo and TRIDENT assembled for Intuitive Machine’s “hopper” April 2021 CAPSTONE/NRHO April 2021 mission in partnership with January 2021 environmental testing w/ delivery to Mission Concept Review Fall 2021 Physics focused Nokia to est. 4G/LTE tech for 20/watt 20/Kelvin compressors CLPS provider Intuitive Machine in Launch ground test lunar exploration completed and spin-tested Spring 2022 Deep Space OSAM-1 and OSAM-2 TALOS and A-TRN LOFTID Blue Origin Deorbit Descent & Summer 2021 December/TBD 2021 June 2022 Optical Comm SEP Landing Sensor (BODDL-TP)/SPLICE Delivery to ULA August 2022 October 2021 Critical Design Reviews Summer 2021 TALOS and A-TRN flight on Critical Design Review Astrobotic Peregrine 1 lander Psyche Launch Flight demo 2 aboard suborbital rocket 3 Lunar Surface Innovation Initiative (LSII) Collaboration Highlights LSII has awarded ~$200M over a broad range of STMD Programs to establish collaborations across industry and academia. Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Technology Demonstrations (i.e. PRIME-1 mass Collaborations & Partnerships & Collaborations spectrometer and drill, Nokia 4G Wireless and Intuitive Machines Deployable Hopper) $127M – Tipping Points & Collaborative Opportunities (10 TPs & 5 ACOs selected in 2020) $36M – SBIRs (Ph. I, II, III, CCRPP, Lunar Sequentials) $14M – Space Technology Research Grants (6 LuSTR Opportunity, ECF, ESI) $9.9M – NextSTEP BAA (9 ISRU aWardees With multiple ground demos) $3.5M – Vertical Solar Array Technology (VSAT) Solicitation (5 Phase I AWards) $3M – NIACs (including first Phase 3 aWard for Exploration of Lunar Pits) $2M – Breakthrough Innovative Game-changing (BIG) Challenge 2020 Permanently Shadowed Region – 8 teams; 2021 Dust – 7 teams $1.4M – NASA Tournament Labs (GrabCAD, Yet2, HeroX) Open-source Challenges $1M – Centennial Challenges (’Watts on the Moon’ & ‘Break the Ice’ Challenges) APL LSII Integration and Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium Note: FY20-21 Awards 5 LSII Technology Demonstration Planning LSII leverages early lunar missions to accelerate development of core surface technologies 2020 2030 Polar Resources Volatiles Investigating ISRU Pilot Plant Ice Mining ISRU ISRU Oxygen ISRU Polar Exploration Experiment Ice-Mining Extraction Demo Processing ISRU Rover (VIPER/SMD) (PRIME) Demo Demo Regenerative Fuel Cell Power Chemical Heat Wireless Charging for Integrated Fission Surface Lunar Surface Demo Power Source Power Demo Power Surface Vertical Solar Array (CHIPS) Technology (VSAT) Electrodynamic Lunar Dust Level Sensor & Dust Shield Affects on Radiators Lunar Dust Smart Sensor Lunar Dust Separation Dust Dust for Crewed Environments Mitigation Lunar Dust Removal Tool Lunar Arm w/ Bulk Metallic Glass Lunar Materials Demo Lunar Camera Lunar Night Gears Material Extreme Extreme Survivability Lunar Thermal Toolbox Environments Surface Robotic Day/Night Lunar Scouts Lunar Navigation Video Guidance Rover Obstacle Autonomous Robotics Tipping Point Early Demo System Avoidance Access Extreme Extreme Hopper CLPS Autonomous Exploration Opportunity Deployable Hopper of Lunar Pits ISRU Pilot Excavator Lunar Surface Lunar Surface Construction Demo 1 Construction Demo (Landing Pad) Excavation & Excavation Construction 6 Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium (LSIC) More than 1,000 active participants from over 300 organizations across 44 states, increasing monthly • Held 3 bi-annual consortium meetings § National kick-off Feb. 2020 § Fall meeting Oct. 2020 § Spring meeting May 2021 Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab is the lead for the LSIC and overall System Integrator for LSII • Conducted 3 thematic Workshops in 2020-2021: § ISRU Supply Demand Workshop on Sept. 2020 • over 200 participants LSII Representation § Dust Mitigation Workshop on Feb. 2021 • over 350 participants § Lunar Mapping for Precision Landing Workshop March 2021 • over 400 participants • AwardeD 6 LuSTR Grants for ISRU and Power • Active participation in monthly Focus Groups • Conducted a Lunar Surface Power Report to assess the current stage of STMD-funded power-related technologies for LSII • ConducteD a Lunar Surface In- Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) Technology and System Integration Assessment to identify gaps that remain in the development and maturation of ISRU technologies needed to meet NASA goals • Performed a Lunar Simulant Assessment to understand the availability of existing lunar simulants that may be used in technology development efforts for lunar surface operations. • Expanded APL support to provide System Integration across all six LSII capability areas 7 STMD BY THE NUMBERS (FY 2020) > 3,700 > 900 >400 > 140 Proposals Proposals University Planned flight evaluated selected partnerships with demonstrations >100 universities > 1,400 > 150 > 500 > 900 Active Patent licenses to Industry Transitions technology companies collaborators since 2011 projects For additional information on STMD’s Solicitation and Opportunities https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/solicitations 8 www.nasa.gov/spacetech.