Astronomy writing assignment 3000 characters
o How does your proposed technology fit in NASA’s planned lunar architecture?
(see NASA’s Plan for Sustained Lunar Exploration and Development)?
o Adherence to the Design Constraints and Guidelines
o Verification on Earth
§ Proposers must describe HOW their technology could be demonstrated on Earth to
provide confidence it can work in a lunar environment. If selected, teams will need to
demonstrate a working technology. It is up to each team to determine the best way to
accomplish this, and provide details on how verification testing will be conducted.
Physics-based modeling may support verification but is not a sufficient replacement
for hardware testing.
• For the testing, will you accomplish a realistic simulated environment? If so, how?
What have you considered from the DSNE?
o Path-to-flight
§ A brief discussion on the concept’s anticipated path-to-flight for a mission to the
Moon by 2026. Based on significant differences between on- and off-Earth
operations, the path-to-flight description must address the critical modifications that
would be made to the design for use on the Moon.
• Timeline
• Detailed budget
o Budget should include all relevant costs, not to exceed $180,000.
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