Convene an Ames-led SAG to draft core competencies for the Analog Research Center for Innovation and Design.
Define directed budgets; define CID org structure, deliverables, and milestone schedules; establish training and development plan.
Identify personnel, designated lab space, equipment (existing and required).
Conduct research and develop technology and instruments for identifying, exploring and characterizing environments for habitability and biosignatures.
Increase partnering opportunities for technology developments both internally (via code R, T, P and Life Sciences), and externally with other NASA centers, academia and industry.
Encourage Internal Peer Review (team of successful proposers) of instrument proposal concepts to SMD ROSES calls.
Establish an internal cross directorate instrument development tiger team (See Instrument Section) to help ARC scientists develop instrument concepts for life detection and atmospheric measurements.
Lead and Participate in STTR and SBIR opportunities to expand our core capabilities.
Actively recruit for the instrument development NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP).
Years 2-5 (2020-2024)
Identify new targets for exploring and characterizing environments for habitability and biosignature.
Continue to promote and conduct research and target technology development investments that focus on Life Detection capabilities and Geologic investigations for understanding planetary systems.
Explore Joint Agency Goals and Objectives with SMD, STMD, HEOMD to support Analog field study objectives that enable future human and robotic exploration plans.
Maintain significant output (publications) in three core science areas (Habitability and Biosignatures; Geological Investigations; Human and Robotic Exploration).
Establish regular reporting structure with ARC management, SMD, and HEOMD to provide input for NASA-wide goals and mission development.
Years 6-10 (2025+)
Flagship Mission Instruments Strategy: Ames should plan to submit proposals for the instruments developed in the near and mid-term flagship missions of the future.
