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Hello, my name is Doctor
Kerrigan Kane, and I'll be

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providing A brief overview on
the subtopic titled Climate

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Enhancing Resource Utilization
that is part of the 2024 STTR

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Phase One solicitation.

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These next 5 slides post
questions that I will provide

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answers to in order to provide
additional information outside

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of the solicitation text.

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Can you introduce yourself and
describe your expertise in the

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topic area?

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My name again is Kerrigan Kane
and I'm a research engineer in

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the Photovoltaic and
Electrochemical Systems Branch

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at the NASA Glen Research
Center.

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My research focuses on providing
power and energy storage

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solutions currently focused on
the lunar surface, but these

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solutions also extend to
terrestrial applications and the

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electrification of aircraft, and
for locations beyond the moon

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such as Mars.

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Before joining NASA, I completed
my PhD in Chemical Engineering

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at Carnegie Mellon University,
where my research topic was

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focused on air quality and
atmospheric chemistry, so my

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background is heavily entwined
in this subtopic.

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As I'll describe over the
remainder of these slides,

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what's the core objective of the
subtopic and how does it fit

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into the current
state-of-the-art?

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This subtopic covers 2 scopes
that have applications on Earth

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as well as in space.

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Both scopes are intended to be
cross cutting across the in situ

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resource utilization or ISRU
community by producing valuable

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power and propulsion consumables
from lunar or Martian carbon or

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hydrogen containing resources
and then also terrestrially by

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reducing atmospheric carbon
dioxide concentrations either by

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directly removing it or
replacing carbon dioxide

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generating systems with non
fossil fuel dependent

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alternatives.

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The first scope is focused on
extracting carbon dioxide from

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an atmosphere and converting it
into stable and usable products

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such as such as feedstock,
polymers or propellant.

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The core objective of this scope
is a requirement for solutions

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that dramatically reduce mass
volume and end to end energy

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consumption for the collection
and transformation of carbon

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dioxide.

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For phase one proposals, the
minimum deliverable is a

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substantiated feasibility study
that highlights the innovation

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and estimated performance
through not only analysis, but

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also laboratory test results
indicating viability of the

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proposed solution.

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This study should include
additional details around the

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mass, volume, and end to end
energy consumption, in addition

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to an analysis of performance
based on various carbon dioxide

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concentrations.

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The second scope is focused on
the sustainable and energy

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efficient production of hydrogen
from water or organic materials

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that aren't fossil fuel sources.

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This scope is also focused on
solutions that significantly

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reduce mass, volume and energy
consumption.

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It should be noted that this
scope does include improvements

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in existing water electrolysis
technologies, but only to the

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extent that substantial
efficiency improvements are a

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result of the effort.

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Similar to the first scope, the
phase one deliverable would

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include a feasibility study that
highlights the innovation and

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estimated performance based on
analysis and laboratory testing.

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How would you define the
critical gaps in currently

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available technology for the
first scope covering carbon

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dioxide extraction and
transformation?

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There are well developed and
mature technologies for both

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atmospheric and other habitable
atmospheres.

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However, they have certain
drawbacks such as high power

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requirements, unconverted carbon
dioxide or unused products that

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this subtopic is looking to
exploit.

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For the second scope, there is
an emerging hydrogen market both

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terrestrially and in space to
meet demand for energy storage,

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advanced aviation and surface
transportation fuels and as

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feedstock for manufactured
products.

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How would you envision
implementation and infusion of a

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successful proposal within the
space industry or other related

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fields seeing as this slide and
the next slide are tied together

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focusing on applications, I'll
use this slide to cover the

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space perspective and then the
last slide to cover the non

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space impacts in terms of space
applications.

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Both scopes have significant
potential for infusion across

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lunar and Martian missions in
terms of carbon dioxide

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extraction and repurposing.

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Mars.

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Mission scenarios depend on
converting carbon dioxide from

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the Martian atmosphere to
valuable resources to

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dramatically reduce the cost and
risk of these missions in terms

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of hydrogen production.

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Compact, energy efficient
hydrogen production technologies

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are required for power and
energy storage applications on

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the Moon and Mars.

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Addressing mass, volume and
energy consumption is crucial to

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all space applications in order
to minimize cost and maximize

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effectiveness.

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Can you discuss the potential
broader impacts on science or

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technology outside of the space
industry?

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Outside of the space industry,
both scopes also have potential

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terrestrially in terms of carbon
dioxide repurposing.

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There is a possibility that the
proposed solutions could be

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scaled up to impact carbon
dioxide accumulation in the

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Earth's atmosphere.

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In terms of hydrogen production,
there is an ever growing

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hydrogen economy and the
technologies developed under

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this subtopic have the potential
to be scaled up and produce

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substantial quantities of
hydrogen for various

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applications.

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And with that, I'll wrap up this
overview of the climate

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enhancing resource utilization
subtopic.

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Thank you for your
consideration.