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My name is Doctor Davis Adams.

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I'm a Navigation engineer in the
Development and Testing branch

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of the Air Science and Flight
Mechanics division at NASA

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Johnson Space Center.

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I'm the Principal investigator
of the Simulation, Emulation,

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Navigation, Sensing and Star or
sense lab here at Johnson Space

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Center.

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And I'm also a navigation
engineer on the Safe and Precise

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Landing Integrated Capabilities
Evolution project working on

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hazard detection and active
terrain related navigation.

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My name is Doctor Kevin Kubilka.

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I'm an Aerospace engineer within
Johnson Space Center in the

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Guidance Navigation Control
Group, reporting through the

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Aeroscience and Flight Mechanics
Division.

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My primary responsibility is
with rendezvous proximity

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operations and docking.

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GNNC is the GNC docking camera
lead for the Orion spacecraft in

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addition and lead Engineer for
the Standalone Hazard Evaluation

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and Refinement from Instrument
Findings or SHERIFF algorithm

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for safe site selection and
hazard detection to aid and

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exploration missions to other
planetary bodies.

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The core objective of this
subtopic is to develop and

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mature and integrated low size,
weight and power and cost

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terrain mapping sensor solution
that can be utilized for on

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board hazard detection and
avoidance.

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For safe and precise landing
operations on planetary bodies,

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NASA is seeking A standalone
sensor and embedded software

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system capable of sensing
planetary terrains at altitudes

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greater than 250 meters while
simultaneously generating an

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onboard high resolution digital
elevation map within two seconds

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under any illumination
condition.

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Although NASA funds have been
allocated to a handful of

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projects for the development of
technologies for precision

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landing and hazard avoidance in
the past, including various

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LIDAR based systems, many of
these solutions are

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predominantly tailored for
specific CON OPS and specific

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missions and the associated
environmental conditions and

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further existing developing
solutions lie beyond the fiscal

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reach of small businesses and
smaller class landing companies

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looking to enter the commercial
planetary exploration market.

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Successful proposals to this
subtopic should demonstrate a

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development path to sensor
hardware testing both in the lab

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and on a terrestrial flight in
an operationally relevant

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environment by the end of a
phase two award.

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Additionally, proposals should
convey A credible development

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path and timeline for post phase
two efforts to achieve fully

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space qualified hardware
applicable to entry descent,

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landing and deorbit descent, and
landing Space Flight Environment

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considerations such as
radiation, thermal protection,

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vacuum and vibrational effects.

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Navigation systems for upcoming
exploration missions to the

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Moon, Mars and beyond must be
increasingly challenging

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requirements to enable highly
reliable precision landing and

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hazard avoidance.

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Many of the landing sites of
interest exhibit low levels of

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elimination such as the Lunar
South Pole, precluding the use

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of traditional passive imaging
systems.

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Therefore, alternative sensing
solutions robust to any

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elimination condition are
required to navigate relative to

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the terrain as indicated by the
currently identified identified

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unfunded critical capability in
the landing precision

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development evolution and
infusion road map of active

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terrain relative navigation.

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Now, current path to space and
state-of-the-art solutions for

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onboard hazard detection have
pretty high cost barriers for

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small businesses and smaller
lunar class Landers that are

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looking to employ hazard
detection capabilities.

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And not to mention that although
the size, weight and power and

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cost of systems with the
state-of-the-art sensing

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capabilities designed for
terrestrial applications has

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significantly dropped in recent
years, they are not yet suitable

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for spaceflight.

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So this solicitation addresses
the Swap C gap to make

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spaceflight missions requiring
terrain, relative sensing

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capabilities, and prohibitive
lighting conditions more

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accessible to small businesses
and the space industry as a

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whole.

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A successful proposal would be
implemented on future missions

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to aid in enhancing the
state-of-the-art and

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capabilities of those missions,
while keeping the associated

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costs lower than currently
feasible.

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This would lower the barrier to
entry for space exploration

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missions, increasing both the
availability and scope of

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possible exploration missions to
commercial entities and

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government programs.

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The technology developed as part
of this proposal would

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ultimately be a robust and
widely available system to be

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used in a large range of
applications, including both

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space exploration missions and
the autonomous navigation of

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terrestrial vehicles.

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This technology will positively
impact automation and sensing

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capabilities in a wide variety
of terrestrial vehicle

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navigation applications.

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Both crude and uncrewed vehicles
with the need for hazard sensing

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and navigating terrain would
greatly benefit by the enhanced

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hazard avoidance capability
offered by the tech proposed

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here.

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This extends to vehicles with
hazard relative navigation needs

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operating in a wide variety of
terrestrial environments,

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including automobiles,
rotorcraft and fixed wing

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aircraft.