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This project addresses two vital problems for long-term space travel activities: radiation shielding and hydrogen storage for power and propulsion. While both problems have been studied for many years, there is currently no satisfactory technology for providing adequate non-parasitic shielding. Even in low-Earth orbit, astronauts must be closely monitored for radiation exposure, and some mission ...

This project addresses two vital problems for long-term space travel activities: radiation shielding and hydrogen storage for power and propulsion. While both problems have been studied for many years, there is currently no satisfactory technology for providing adequate non-parasitic shielding. Even in low-Earth orbit, astronauts must be closely monitored for radiation exposure, and some mission ...

This NASA SBIR Phase II effort will develop a 1 x 10 prototype non-mechanical fiber optic switch for use with high power lasers. The proposed optical device is a fiber-based multi-channel switch to rapidly switch a fiber-coupled laser among ten output channels as an integral part of a fiber-based fixed-array laser transmitter for next-generation NASA lidar systems. The key innovation is the use ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I effort will establish the feasibility of developing a fiber coupled, high power, electro-optically controlled, space qualified, phase modulator for the NASA Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). Specific to the LISA project is the use of three spacecraft, spanned by vast distances, to make gravitational wave measurements. A central aspect in mai ...

Band XI International will architect, design, develop and document an Equinox/OSGi based embedded component suite that addresses the need for tight, efficient, and usable: (1) bitmap oriented user interface framework, (2) pluggable off board messaging framework, and (3) device connection framework. Band XI will develop these components in an agile manner, driven by real scenarios and through a tr ...

The project aims to engage in detailed definition and preliminary design of the 1.5 to 2.5 kW heavy-fuel diesel-hybrid power system and its subsystems, performance analysis for the subsystems and the system, exploration of its feasibility including costs and risks, comparative performance analysis and assessment of other competing power and energy technologies, and preparation of a plan for devel ...

This is a proposal to research new methods of coating small particles using a water-based electroplating process. These methods would build upon existing technology, in which small particulates are placed into a metallic-ion-containing electrolyte solution inside an electroplating device. The particulates are repeatedly stirred, allowing sedimentation to occur by gravity until a sedimentation laye ...

HyPerspectives, Inc. and its researchers propose to use remote sensing technologies to answer specific scientific questions for researchers and decision-makers in the natural hazards community. We will employ both current and innovative data fusion techniques to fill key deficiency gaps limiting progress in the natural hazards discipline. By fusing high-resolution hyperspectral imagery and LiDAR ...

The proposed innovation is a passive, self-regulating, gravity-independent Advanced Product Water Removal (APWR) system for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) primary fuel cell power plants that improves power plant efficiency and reliability, reduces reactant consumption, cost, weight and volume and simplifies the supporting system requirements in both near-term and advanced missions. Phase I p ...

LiquidPiston, Inc. is developing a new engine technology that is uniquely positioned to provide a solution to the Army’s objectives for an improved compression ignition engine. LPI’s new High Efficiency Hybrid Cycle (HEHC) engine will have the following predicted characteristics: Compression Ratio: Variable, from 15:1 to 28:1 Power: 650HP Efficiency, at all power loads: >42%, potentially ...