SAP PURCHASE REQUISITION: 4200228504 ELEMENT AND CHEMICAL STATE ANALYSIS, XPS, FOR IN-SITU MATERIALS ANALYSIS ON MARS - SBIR PHASE II CONTRACT NNC08CA29C APPARATI, INC. HYPERSPECTIVES, INC. AND ITS RESEARCHERS PROPOSE TO USE REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES TO ANSWER SPECIFIC SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCHERS AND DECISION-MAKERS IN THE NATURAL HAZARDS COMMUNITY. WE WILL EMPLOY BOTH CURRENT AND INNOVATIVE DATA FUSION TECHNIQUES TO FILL KEY DEFICIENCY GAPS LIMITING PROGRESS IN THE NATURAL HAZARDS DISCIPLINE. BY FUSING HIGH-RESOLUTION HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGERY AND LIDAR (LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING) DATA SETS FROM THE 2003 YELLOWSTONE OPTICAL AND SAR GROUND IMAGING (YOGI) DATA COLLECT, WE WILL SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE METHODOLOGIES FOR NATURAL HAZARD DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS. THIS IMAGERY FUSION IS CONSIDERED INNOVATIVE BECAUSE IT WILL FURTHER REFINE THE IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF PAST EVENTS, SUCH AS LANDSLIDES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING QUICKER AND SIMPLER PROCESSES FOR FORECASTING AND MITIGATING FUTURE HAZARDS. FURTHERMORE, THE ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED IN PHASE 2 WILL SATISFY THE NEEDS OF DECISION MAKERS BY INCLUDING TOOLS FOR FAULT DETECTION, DEFORMATION, AND GEOTHERMAL MONITORING. THE PROPOSED STUDY IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE NASA SBIR S7.01 SOLICITATION BECAUSE WE WILL CREATE AUTOMATED TOOLS UTILIZING INNOVATIVE ALGORITHMS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESSING OF DATA THAT HAS KNOWN RELEVANCE TO NATURAL HAZARD PLANNERS AND RESEARCHERS. TO ACHIEVE THIS, WE WILL BUILD ON SUCCESSFUL LANDSLIDE DETECTION TECHNIQUES AND INCORPORATE NEW ALGORITHMS PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY HYPERSPECTIVES SCIENTISTS. NNC08CA28C ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS NNC08CA26C SBIR 2006-II DEVELOPMENT OF A 3D FLASH LADAR VIDEO CAMERA FOR ENTRY, DECENT, AND LANDING (JPL) COMPANY NAME: ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, INC. COMPANY OFFICIAL: JOANN STETTNER, [email protected], (805) 966-3331 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: BRADLEY SHORT, (805) 966-3331 MISSION DIRECTORATE/SUBTOPIC: SCIENCE S1.03 CONTRACT ABSTRACT: ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS, INC. (ASC) HAS DEVELOPED A 128 X 128 FRAME, 3D FLASH LADAR VIDEO CAMERA WHICH PRODUCES 3-D POINT CLOUDS AT 30 HZ. FLASH LADAR CAPTURES AN ENTIRE FRAME OF DATA FROM A SINGLE PULSE OF LIGHT, THEREFORE PLATFORM MOTION AND VIBRATION WILL NOT AFFECT THE MEASUREMENTS. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ANY OTHER LASER-RANGING SYSTEM, SUCH AS SCANNING LIDAR. ADDITIONALLY, WITH NO MOVING PARTS, THE SYSTEM IS SMALLER, LIGHTER, AND REQUIRES LESS POWER THAN TRADITIONAL APPROACHES. THE PHASE I PROJECT USED AN ASC CAMERA AT THE JPL MARS YARD TO GATHER TEST DATA. HAZARD IDENTIFICATION, AND ENTRY DECENT AND LANDING APPLICATIONS WERE INVESTIGATED. THESE DATA SETS WERE TAKEN AND DELIVERED TO JPL. THE ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT A FLASH LADAR SYSTEM CAN RESOLVE LANDING HAZARDS AND IS SUITABLE AS AN EDL SENSOR. THIS DATA, TOGETHER WITH INPUTS FROM JPL SCIENTISTS, WAS USED TO DEVELOP A BRASSBOARD CAMERA CONCEPT FOR NASA APPLICATIONS. THE OPTIMIZED CAMERA WILL BE FABRICATED AND DELIVERED IN PHASE II. THIS SENSOR WILL NOT BE SPACED QUALIFIED, BUT THE HI-RELIABILTY MODULE DEVELOPED FOR PHASE II WILL BE THE FIRST STEP. SPACE QUALIFICATION WILL BE THE NEXT NECESSARY STEP FOR FLASH LADAR. NNC08CA11C CREARE WILL OBTAIN THIS INFORMATION AND SEND LATER. THIS WAS A CONTRACT FROM JON SCHULTZ AND WAS REASSIGNED TO ME AND I M OBTAINING ACCESS NOW FOR THE SBIR HANDBOOK. DEBBIE CONTRACT INFORMATION CONTRACT: NNC08CA11C SBIR 2006-II A NOVEL, ULTRA-LIGHT, HEAT REJECTION SYSTEM FOR NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION (GRC) COMPANY NAME: CREARE, INC. COMPANY OFFICIAL: JAMES BARRY, [email protected], (603) 640-2487 PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: JAY ROZZI, (603) 643-3800 MISSION DIRECTORATE/SUBTOPIC: EXPLORATION SYSTEMS X8.02 CONTRACT ABSTRACT: FOR LUNAR-BASED FISSION POWER SYSTEMS THAT WILL SUPPORT IN-SITU RESOURCE UTILIZATION (ISRU) OR MARS ROBOTIC AND MANNED MISSIONS, POWER REQUIREMENTS MAY VARY FROM 10S TO 100S OF KWE TO SUPPORT INITIAL HUMAN MISSIONS AND LONGER TERM LU