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DARWIN-HC: A Tool to Predict Hot Corrosion of Nickel-Based Turbine Disks, Pha...
Hot Corrosion of turbine engine components has been studied for many years. The underlying mechan-isms of Type I Hot Corrosion and Type II Hot Corrosion are increasingly... -
Plasma Reduction of Lunar Regolith for In-Space Fabrication, Phase II
Tools for extracting resources from the moon are needed to support future space missions. Of particular interest is the production of gases and metals for life support,... -
Entering the Era of "Super" NDE Instruments, Followed by Progressive Miniatur...
An ideal NDE data acquisition and analysis tool would be a versatile and precise device capable of providing support for a large number of inspections using numerous inspection... -
VCHP Radiators for Lunar and Martian Environments, Phase II
Long-term Lunar and Martian systems present challenges to thermal systems, including changes in thermal load, and large changes in the thermal environment between day and night.... -
Transonic Stability Test of Variable Drag Ballute, Phase II
Ballutes, or inflatable decelerators, offer significant advantages over rigid shells for aerocapture of planetary spacecraft and for earth reentry of cargo by providing mass... -
Deployable Structural Booms for Large Deployable Solar Arrays, Phase I
The development of a new generation of large, high power deployable solar arrays has been identified as the most significant challenge facing the development of solar electric... -
Water Recovery Project
The AES Water Recovery Project (WRP) is advancing environmental control and life support systems water recovery technologies to support human exploration beyond low earth orbit.... -
Multi-Scale (nano-to-device), Multi-Physics Software For Design of Nanobiosys...
Nanobiotechnology is a rapidly advancing frontier of science with great potential for beneficial impact on society. However, successful design of these systems is an extremely... -
Adaptive Feedfoward Feedback Control Framework, Phase I
A novel approach is proposed for the suppression of the aircraft's structural vibration to increase the resilience of the flight control law in the presence of the... -
Solid-fueled Micro Colloid Thruster, Phase I
Nanosatellites are receiving increased interest since they are proving reliable for surveillance, communication and other space missions. Also, the possibility of launching... -
Analytical and Simulation Framework for Performance Validation of Complex Sys...
Next-generation aerospace systems will require increased autonomy to modify system behavior based on changing mission requirements, environmental factors, and system... -
Operational Assessment of Controller Complexity, Phase I
In today's operations, acceptable levels of controller workload are maintained by assigning sector capacities based on simple aircraft count and a capacity threshold known as... -
Fast Responding Pressure-Sensitive Paint for Large-Scale Wind Tunnel Testing,...
The proposed work focuses on implementing fast-response pressure-sensitive paint for measurements of unsteady pressure in rotorcraft applications. Significant rotorcraft... -
Develop of Software User Interface to Support Scenario Modeling of Astronaut ...
We accomplished all stated objectives of this one-year project: (1) Develop engineering requirements for a software module and user interface to scenario modeling of astronaut... -
Oxygen Containment System Options for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Testing
All nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) ground testing conducted in the 1950s and 1960s during the ROVER/(Nuclear Engine Rocket Vehicle Application (NERVA) program discharged... -
Collaborative Routing Rationing Algorithm, Phase I
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Lunar Organic Waste Reformer, Phase I
The Lunar Organic Waste Reformer (LOWR) utilizes high temperature steam reformation to convert all plastic, paper, and human waste materials into useful gases. In the LOWR,... -
Architecture Framework for Fault Management Assessment And Design (AFFMAD), P...
The Architecture Framework for Fault Management Assessment And Design (AFFMAD) is a constraint-checking system for FM trade space exploration that provides rigorous performance... -
A Framework for telerobotics across the time delays of space
The proposal will develop a novel intelligent time-delay mitigation framework to be used in bilateral space telerobotics. This framework will consist of master (human) and slave... -
New Alkali Metal Flow Battery for Terrestrial and Aerospace Energy Storage Ap...
This seedling task is to develop new lithium-based flow batteries that will provide several fold improvements in specific energy, cost, simplicity and lifetimes, compared to the...
