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A -- COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE PROGRAM SOL COMMERCIAL DEVELOP SPACE PRGM POC Candace Livingston tel: 202/358-0697 NASA NOTICE - PART 1 OF 2. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is announcing an opportunity to participate in its commercial development of space program. The program focuses on the use of space for developing commercial processes, products and/or services by industry. The goals of the program are to: foster the development of new processes, products and services using the attributes of space and space technology;, increase US business participation in space enterprise, provide the opportunity for students to engage with industry in space program activities, and facilitate mutually beneficial international partnerships with industry to expand commercial use of space. We are looking for innovative ideas in Space Processing, Communications, Commercial Remote Sensing, and Space Power. The commercial use of space program is a customer focused program that uses industry requirements as the basis for technology development, prototyping, and demonstration in the commercial sector. Program industrial participants are cost sharing partners and support all phases of the process from developing initial requirements to implementation of final results. Program assets include: short-lead time access to space, rapid reflight, long duration microgravity exposure, aircraft sensor system and market verification, and demonstration programs. The Commercial Development of Space program is conducted primarily through projects at its eleven Centers for Commercial Development of Space (CCDS) and at the NASA field centers. This Notice announces the opportunity for participation in the program and identifies the contact points. Participation may be initiated at any time within a period of four years from the date of this notice. A. The Centers for Commercial Development of Space were established in 1985 and are consortia of government, academia, and industry conducting space-related research with commercial potential. NASA provides access to space and contributes to the organizational costs of each CCDS. The CCDSs secure additional funding through partnerships with industrial affiliates. No increased funding from NASA will be available for the CCDS as a result of collaboration associated with this NASA notice and we are not seeking applications for grants. However, the degree and amount of proposed investment in addition to the suitability of the content of the investigation, could generate interest in the reevaluation of programs and priorities. The CCDSs can also assist the private sector with insights as to the benefits of applying space-based knowledge or capabilities to the solution of problems, the acquisition of new data and techniques, and the development of new capabilities, all aimed towards exploiting the characteristics of space flight for the development of new commercially viable products, processes, industries and markets. The following is a listing of each CCDS, the project areas in which it is working, and the Center Director's phone and fax numbers. Interest in participating in this program through the CCDSs should be directed to and negotiated with the Director of the CCDS. 1. Center for BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Campus Box 429, Boulder, CO 80309; Fluid BioProcessing, Immune Systems, Biomaterials Development, Physiological Models, Controlled Agricultural Systems; Director: Dr. George W. Morgenthaler, (303)492-3633, FAX (303)492-8883. 2. Center for Commercial Development of Space Power and Advanced Electronics, Auburn University, Space Power Institute, Auburn, AL 36849-5320; Power Conversion, Energy Storage, Pulsed Power, Neural Net/Fuzzy Logic Controls, SiC Based Electronics, High Temperature Electronic Components, High Temperature Electronic Packaging, Solidification Design, Investment Casting; Director: Dr. Raymond Askew, (334)844-5894, FAX (334)844-5900. 3. Center for Macromolecular Crystallography, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Box 79-THT, UAB Station, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005; Protein Crystal Growth, Enhanced Drug Design Technologies, Processing of Protein Materials, On-orbit Analysis of Protein Structure and Crystal Configurations, Protein Structure Modeling; Director: Dr. Lawrence DeLucas, (205)934-5329, FAX (205)934-0480. 4. Consortium for Materials Development in Space, University of Alabama-Huntsville, Research Institute Building/M-65, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL 35899; Metal Sintering, Metal Electrodeposition, Non-Linear Optical Materials, Polymer Foams, Atomic Oxygen, Space Experiment Furnace, Accelerometers, Implant Technology - Electrodeposition, Materials Dispersion, Organic Separations; Director: Dr. Charles Lundquist, (205)895-6620, FAX (205)895-6791. 5. Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, University of Houston, Science and Research Building, 4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX 77204-5507; High Efficiency Photovotaics Devices, Thin Film Oxide Materials and Devices, Thin Film Wide Bandgap Materials, Optoelectronic Devices, Thin Film Long Wavelength IR Photonics, Wake Shield Facility; Director: Dr. Alex Ignatiev, (713)743-3625, FAX (713)747-7724. 6. Wisconsin Center for Space Automation and Robotics, #411 Engineering Research Building, 1500 Johnson Drive, College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1687; LED Technology, Plant Growing Facilities, Plant-Automation and Robotics, Atmospheric Contaminant Control, Advanced Environmental Control Systems, Sensors and Control Systems; Director: Dr. Ray Bula (608)262-9458. 7. Center for Space Power, 223 Weisenbaker Engineering Research Center, Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843-3118; Energy Storage, Energy Conversion, Thermal Management, Electronic Materials and Devices; Director: Dr. Frederick Best, (409)845-8768, FAX (409)847-8857. 8. Center for Mapping, Ohio State University, 1216 Kinear Road, Columbus, OH 43212; Real-Time, High Accuracy Positioning and Navigation, Terrestrial Mobile Mapping Systems, GPS, Automated, Large-Scale Mapping Using Remotely-Sensed Data; Director: Dr. John Bossler, (614)292-1612, FAX (614)292-8062. 9. ITD, Space Remote Sensing Center, Building 1103, Suite 118, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529; Commercial Remote Sensing Applications Using Litesat Technology, Agriculture/Forestry Applications, Precision Farming, Crop Stress Monitoring; Director: Dr. George May, (601)688-2509, FAX (601)688-2861. 10. Satellite and Hybrid Communications Networks, University of Maryland, Systems and Research Center, A.V. Williams Building, College Park, MD 20742; Hybrid Personal and Mobile Communications, High Data Rate Hybrid Networks; Director: Dr. John Baras, (301)405-6606, FAX (301)314-8586. 11. Space Communications Technology Center, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431; Data Compression, Space-Ground Propagation, Space-Ground Error Correction; Director: Dr. William Glenn, (407)367-2343, FAX (407)367-3418. END OF PART 1. (0202)

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