SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- NASA SOLAR PROBE PLUS INVESTIGATIONS: COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT ON FUTURESOLICITATION
- Notice Date
- 9/16/2008
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH08ZDA00YO
- Archive Date
- 9/16/2009
- Point of Contact
- Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta, Scientist, Phone 202-358-1992, Fax 202-358-3987, />
- E-Mail Address
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Madhulika.Guhathakurta@nasa.gov<br
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science MissionDirectorate (SMD) intends to release an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) for Solar ProbePlus (SPP) investigations sometime in January 2009. OVERVIEW OF THE OPPORTUNITYThe SPP AO will invite proposals for two types of PI-led investigations for the SolarProbe Plus mission: (1) Solar Probe Plus instrument investigations are complete scienceinvestigations that include provision of instrument(s) or instrument suite(s) to fly onthe Solar Probe Plus mission as well as mission operations and data analysis (includingarchiving); and (2) Solar Probe Plus Observatory Scientist investigation is a scienceinvestigation using data from the Solar Probe Plus data and includes activelyparticipating in the SPP end-to-end system engineering effort, acting as a communityadvocate for SPP, providing an independent assessment of the scientific performance ofSPP, and serving as a senior scientist on the SPP Science Working Group. Participation in this AO will be open to all categories of organizations (foreign anddomestic), including educational institutions, industry, not-for-profit organizations,Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC's), NASA Centers, the JetPropulsion Laboratory (JPL), and other Government agencies. Principal Investigators areresponsible for and allowed to assemble investigation teams from any and all of theseorganizations.Instrument investigation proposals may be for individual instrument or for a suite ofinstruments. The cost cap for all instruments and instrument suites selected for theSolar Probe Plus mission in response to this AO will be approximately $100 Million (realyear).The launch of the Solar Probe Plus mission is targeted for no earlier than 2015. THE SOLAR PROBE PLUS MISSIONThe Solar Probe Plus mission is described in detail in the Report of the Solar Probe PlusScience and Technology Definition Team (STDT), which is available in the Solar Probe PlusAcquisition Library at http://lws.larc.nasa.gov/solarprobe.The science objectives of the Solar Probe Plus mission are: (1) Determine the structureand dynamics of the magnetic fields at the sources of the fast and slow solar wind; (2)Trace the flow and elucidate the thermodynamics of the energy that heats the solar coronaand accelerates the solar wind; (3) Determine what mechanisms accelerate and transportenergetic charged particles; and (4) Explore dusty plasma phenomena and their influenceon the solar wind and energetic particle formation.In its report, the SPP STDT identified one possible instrument complement that canachieve a substantial portion of the science objectives. The list of candidateinstruments are as follows:(i) Fast Ion Analyzer;(ii) Fast Electron Analyzer;(iii) Ion Composition Analyzer;(iv) Energetic Particle Instrument;(v) Magnetometer;(vi) Plasma Wave Instrument;(vii) Neutron/Gamma-ray Spectrometer;(viii) Coronal Dust Detector; and(ix) Hemispheric Imager.The list of candidate instrument types is not intended to restrict the possibleapproaches, nor is the list intended to preclude consideration of investigations thatpropose other instruments or combinations of instruments that can provide the necessaryobservations. The total payload resources including mass, power, and data for the instrument complementare provided in Table 3-3 of the SPP STDT Report. Individual instrument allocations areshown but should only be considered as a guideline. Proposers may also propose thecommon Data Processing Unit (DPU) and Low Voltage Power Supply (LVPS) to be used by allinstruments.DETAILS OF THE PLANNED SOLICITATIONImportant characteristics of this AO are expected to be:a) Pending the submission of an adequate number of proposals of merit, NASA expects toselect a combination of instrument investigations (individual instruments and/or one ormore suites of instruments) that address the mission science objectives. In addition,NASA expects to select one Solar Probe Plus Observatory Scientist investigation.b) Proposals submitted in response to this AO will be evaluated by two independentpanels, one to evaluate science merit and feasibility of the science investigation (theScience Peer Review Panel) and the other to evaluate feasibility of the implementationapproach, including cost (the Technical, Management, and Cost (TMC) Review Panel).c) Investigators proposing an instrument suite will be required to provide separatetechnical and cost information for each instrument in the suite to allow separateevaluation by NASA of each instrument.d) NASA welcomes proposals having participants from non-U.S. institutions provided thatthey are offered on a no-exchange-of-funds basis and also comply with current U.S.restrictions concerning the export of technology.e) Data from Solar Probe Plus investigations must be made fully public in a usable formas soon as is practical. All data products shall be documented, validated, andcalibrated in physical units usable by the scientific community at large.f) All proposals will be required to include in their overall planning both funding andcommitment to NASAs Education and Public Outreach (EPO) program (details of the EPO planwill not be required in the proposal but will be required in Phase A/B if selected). The following schedule describes the anticipated major milestones of the Solar Probe PlusAnnouncement of Opportunity. These dates are subject to change.AO Release approximatelyMid- January, 2009Preproposal ConferenceRelease + 2 wksNotice of Intent to Propose due Release + 4 weeksProposals dueRelease + 3 monthsNon-U.S. Letters of Endorsement due with proposalsSelections announced (target)Summer/Fall 2009Release of the SPP AO is in the process of formally being approved by NASA. However, bysending this announcement to prospective investigators at this time (prior to release),NASA is under no obligation to issue the AO and solicit proposals. Any costs incurred byprospective investigators in preparing submissions in response to this announcement areincurred completely at the submitter's own risk. The Solar Probe Plus AO may containprovisions that differ from this notice, in which case those in the AO will takeprecedence. Questions or comments about this community announcement on a Solar Probe Plus AO may beaddressed to the Solar Probe Plus Program Scientist: Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta, ScienceMission Directorate (SMD), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC20546-0001; E-mail: madhulika.guhathakurta@nasa.gov; Telephone: (202) 358-1992. Commentson the details of this AO should be provided within 4 weeks of this posting to Dr.Guhathakurta in order to be considered in the final AO. 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