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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 3, 2001 PSA #2843
SOLICITATIONS

A -- EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) MISSIONS

Notice Date
May 1, 2001
Contracting Office
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
ZIP Code
20771
Solicitation Number
AO-01-OES-01
Response Due
July 20, 2001
Point of Contact
David Mengers, Announcement of Opportunity Solicitation Manager, Phone (202) 358-4718, Fax (202) 358-2769, Email dmengers@hq.nasa.gov
E-Mail Address
David Mengers (dmengers@hq.nasa.gov)
Description
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announces the opportunity to develop and conduct the next set of Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) missions. The research objectives of these missions are to acquire data to understand high priority but least understood Earth System processes, or to acquire data where there is a limited understanding of the controlling forces on the Earth System and the Earth's response to such forcings. NASA initiated the ESSP Program to provide a flexible opportunity to stimulate new scientific understanding of the global Earth system by encouraging innovation in instrumentation and strategies for acquiring and distributing new data sets. The Program seeks to reward creativity in all aspects of mission development and to encourage increased participation and innovative ideas in the study of interactions of components of the Earth System and in measurements of key variables from space. The philosophy behind ESSP embraces small satellite missions addressing high priority Earth System Science objectives where the scientific focus of the program will naturally evolve with our enhanced understanding. Thus, the strategy for this ESSP announcement of opportunity is to solicit unique Earth Science missions that address one or more of the unanswered science questions in the NASA Earth Science Research Strategy for 2000-2010. ESSP is a science-driven project intended to identify and develop low-cost, quick turnaround, spaceborne missions. The National Academy of Sciences recommended that ESSP pursue scientific objectives that are not being directly addressed by current or approved programs. As such, the ESSP Program is intended to address exploratory measurements that can yield new scientific breakthroughs and deliver conclusive scientific results addressing a focused set of scientific questions. In some cases, this may involve measuring several related parameters to allow closure tests to be carried out. In other cases, an exploratory mission may focus on a single pioneering measurement that opens a new window on the behavior of the Earth System. This announcement of opportunity will be available electronically mid May, 2001, via the Internet, at the Research Opportunities home page at: http://research.hq.nasa.gov/ under "Office of Earth Science (Code Y)". A paper copy will be available to those who do not have access to the Internet by calling (202) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message.
Web Link
Click here for the latest information about this notice (http://nais.msfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/EPS/bizops.cgi?gr=D&pin=04#AO-01-OES-01)
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