NASA ROSES-17 Amendment 50: Release of D.15 System-Level Segmented Telescope Design
ROSES-17 Amendment
50:
This amendment
releases program element
D.15 System-Level Segmented Telescope Design.
NASA
is soliciting industry proposals to carry out one-year end-to-end
system-level engineering design and modeling studies and associated
testbed demonstrations of large (10-meter
class or larger) segmented-aperture telescopes, with integrated
coronagraphs that will lead to the identification of priority technology
investments and subsequent support to start developing and maturing
these technologies.
Two
types of segmented-aperture observatory concepts have been identified
for consideration. For missions focusing on advancing astronomy at
ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared
wavelengths (i.e., HabEx and
LUVOIR), particularly for directly imaging and spectroscopically
characterizing exo-Earth candidates, a key technology priority is to
show a path to achieve the needed sub-nanometer wavefront stability. For
missions focusing on UVOIR and Exoplanet Scicence,
either on-axis or off-axis architectures may be considered. For
missions focusing on advancing astronomy at mid- and far-infrared
wavelengths (i.e.,
OST),
a key technology priority is to dramatically reduce mirror
manufacturing and verification costs to enable future missions to have
larger and less-expensive telescope primary mirrors.
Proposals
in response to this solicitation are limited to for-profit U.S.
industrial organizations of any size, although partnerships with and/or
subcontracts to any other types
of organizations are permitted.
A preproposal conference will occur on January 5, 2018, 3-5 PM Eastern Time. USA toll free number
1-844-467-4685 with participant passcode =
981671. NOIs are not requested for this program element. Proposals are due
February 1, 2018.
On or about December 1, 2017,
this Amendment to the NASA Research Announcement “Research
Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) 2017” (NNH17ZDA001N)
will be posted
on the NASA research opportunity homepage at
http://nspires.nasaprs.com/ and will appear on the RSS feed at:
https://science.nasa.gov/
Questions concerning this program element may be directed to
Mario Perez at mario.perez@nasa.gov.
