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"IGF::OT::IGF" OTHER FUNCTIONS - TROPOSPHERIC EMISSIONS: MONITORING OF POLLUTION (TEMPO) - THE TEMPO INVESTIGATION WAS SELECTED UNDER THE NASA SECOND STAND ALONE MISSIONS OF OPPORTUNITY NOTICE (SALMON-2) ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY (AO) PROGRAM ELEMENT APPENDIX J, NNH12ZDA006O-EVI1 FOR THE EARTH VENTURE INSTRUMENT-1 (EVI-1) ELEMENT OF THE EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP) PROGRAM OFFICE'S EARTH VENTURE LINE. TEMPO MEASURES POLLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA, FROM MEXICO CITY TO THE CANADIAN TAR/OIL SANDS, AND FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, HOURLY AND AT HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION. TEMPO SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENTS IN THE ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE AND PROVIDES A TROPOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT SUITE THAT INCLUDES THE KEY ELEMENTS OF TROPOSPHERIC AIR POLLUTION CHEMISTRY. MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM GEOSTATIONARY ORBIT, TO CAPTURE THE INHERENT HIGH VARIABILITY IN THE DIURNAL CYCLE OF EMISSIONS AND CHEMISTRY. A SMALL PRODUCT SPATIAL FOOTPRINT RESOLVES POLLUTION SOURCES AT SUB-URBAN SCALE. TOGETHER, THIS TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMPROVES EMISSION INVENTORIES, MONITORS POPULATION EXPOSURE, AND ENABLES EFFECTIVE EMISSION-CONTROL STRATEGIES. TEMPO TAKES ADVANTAGE OF A GEOSTATIONARY (GEO) HOST SPACECRAFT TO PROVIDE A MODEST COST MISSION THAT MEASURES THE SPECTRA REQUIRED TO RETRIEVE O3, NO2, SO2, H2CO, C2H2O2, H2O, AEROSOLS, CLOUD PARAMETERS, AND UVB RADIATION. TEMPO THUS MEASURES THE MAJOR ELEMENTS, DIRECTLY OR BY PROXY, IN THE TROPOSPHERIC O3 CHEMISTRY CYCLE. MULTI-SPECTRAL OBSERVATIONS PROVIDE SENSITIVITY TO O3 IN THE LOWERMOST TROPOSPHERE, REDUCING UNCERTAINTY IN AIR QUALITY PREDICTIONS BY 50%. TEMPO QUANTIFIES AND TRACKS THE EVOLUTION OF AEROSOL LOADING. IT PROVIDES NEAR-REAL-TIME AIR QUALITY PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE MADE WIDELY, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE. TEMPO MAKES THE FIRST TROPOSPHERIC TRACE GAS MEASUREMENTS FROM GEO, BY BUILDING ON THE HERITAGE OF FIVE SPECTROMETERS FLOWN IN LOW-EARTH-ORBIT (LEO). THESE LEO INSTRUMENTS MEASURE THE NEEDED SPECTRA, ALTHOUGH AT COARSE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS, TO THE PRECISIONS REQUIRED FOR TEMPO AND USE RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS DEVELOPED FOR THEM BY TEMPO SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS AND CURRENTLY RUNNING IN OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS MAKES TEMPO AN INNOVATIVE USE OF A WELL PROVEN TECHNIQUE, ABLE TO PRODUCE A REVOLUTIONARY DATASET. TEMPO PROVIDES MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY RECOMMENDED FOR GEO-CAPE IN THE 2007 NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL DECADAL SURVEY, EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE: NATIONAL IMPERATIVES FOR THE NEXT DECADE AND BEYOND. GEO-CAPE IS NOT PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION THIS DECADE, HOWEVER, EUROPE (SENTINEL 4) AND ASIA (GEMS) WILL FORM PARTS OF A GLOBAL GEO CONSTELLATION FOR POLLUTION MONITORING, WITH A MAJOR FOCUS ON INTERCONTINENTAL POLLUTION TRANSPORT. TEMPO WILL LAUNCH AT A PRIME TIME TO BE A COMPONENT OF THIS CONSTELLATION.

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TASK ORDER FOR HEI ENERGY (CONTRACT 68HERC19D0010) NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT

IGF::OT::IGF NASA RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT (NRA) ADVANCED OXYGEN RECOVERY FOR SPACECRAFT LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS PHASE II, DEVELOPMENT OF METHANE PYROLYSIS SYSTEM FOR HIGH-YIELD SOOT-FREE RECOVERY OF OXYGEN FROM CARBON DIOXIDE THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S "NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPS AND PRIORITIES" IDENTIFIED LONG-DURATION ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (ECLSS) AS ONE OF THE TOP FIVE AREAS CAPABLE OF HAVING THE GREATEST IMPACT ON DEEP SPACE EXPLORATION. THE CAPABILITY ADDRESSED REPRESENTS AN ADVANCED SYSTEM TO FURTHER CLOSE THE ATMOSPHERE REVITALIZATION LOOP ON LONG DURATION HUMAN SPACECRAFT. NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP TA 6 HUMAN HEALTH, LIFE SUPPORT AND HABITATION SYSTEMS ESTABLISHED FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PERFORMANCE GOAL OF INCREASING THE PERCENTAGE OF OXYGEN RECOVERED FROM METABOLIC CARBON DIOXIDE TO 75-90%. AS FUTURE EXPLORATION MISSIONS EXTEND BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO), VEHICLES WILL REQUIRE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (LSS) WITH HIGH RELIABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY, AS PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSUMABLE RESUPPLY WILL NOT EXIST. AN EFFECTIVE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM MUST MAINTAIN A SAFE AND HABITABLE ATMOSPHERE WITHIN A SPACECRAFT BY REMOVING CONTAMINANTS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY MAINTAINING THE PROPER ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND CABIN PRESSURE. THE GOAL OF THIS EFFORT IS TO ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF ATMOSPHERIC REVITALIZATION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES REQUIRED TO ENABLE NASA S HUMAN EXPLORATION MISSIONS. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK IS THE RESULT OF A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC. ENTITLED METHANE PYROLYSIS SYSTEM FOR HIGH-YIELD SOOT-FREE RECOVERY OF OXYGEN FROM CARBON DIOXIDE FOR DOWN SELECTION UNDER THE SOLICITATION ADVANCED OXYGEN RECOVERY FOR SPACECRAFT LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS APPENDIX PHASE II, SOLICITATION NUMBER: NNH14ZOA001N-14GCD-C2-PHASEII FOR PHASE II OF THE EFFORT. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK IS FOR PHASE II DEVELOPMENT OF GAME CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES WITH THE POTENTIAL TO INCREASE THE OXYGEN RECOVERY RATE ABOARD HUMAN SPACECRAFT TO AT LEAST 75% OR HIGHER WHILE ACHIEVING HIGH RELIABILITY. THESE OXYGEN RECOVERY AND RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES WILL DRIVE EXPLORATION AND ENABLE OUR HUMAN JOURNEY TO MARS AND BEYOND. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP AND DELIVER A METHANE PYROLYSIS BRASSBOARD UNIT BASED ON CHEMICAL VAPOR INFILTRATION (CVI) THAT SHALL ACCEPT A SIMULATED PRODUCT FEED OF A SABATIER REACTOR, INCLUDING METHANE, AND CONVERT IT TO CARBON, THEREBY PROVIDING HYDROGEN AS A PRODUCT FOR RECYCLE BACK INTO AN OXYGEN RECOVERY SYSTEM AND ACHIEVING AT LEAST 75% RECOVERY OF THE OXYGEN FROM CARBON DIOXIDE WHEN COUPLED WITH A WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM.

IGF::OT::IGF 2017 DECADAL SURVEY FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (NRC), LED BY THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER EARTH SCIENCE RELATED BOARDS ACROSS THE NRC, WILL ORGANIZE A "DECADAL SURVEY" THAT WILL GENERATE CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND EARTH SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS COMMUNITY ON AN INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO THE CONDUCT OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CIVILIAN SPACE-BASED EARTH-SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAMS.

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