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Explore Mars Inc

  • Contact Person: Chris Carberry
  • Contact Phone: 617-909-4425
  • Contact Email: carberry@exploremars.org
  • Business Structure:
  • Corporate Entity (Tax Exempt)
  • Business Type:
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Industries Served: Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, Other Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance
  • Product Areas: SEEDS AND NURSERY STOCK

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $50,000 - Thursday the 30th of July 2015
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    OVER THE NEXT DECADE, ISS WILL BE USED FOR MANY WORTHY PROJECTS, BUT FOCUSING A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF ISS PROJECTS ON MARS EXPLORATION WILL NOT ONLY HELP ADVANCE THE LONG-TERM GOALS OF NASA, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP GLUE THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS EVEN CLOSER TOGETHER AND CAN HELP TO ADVANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO MARS AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE DESTINATIONS. LINKING ISS TO MARS CAN ALSO PROVIDE STRONGER POLITICAL BACKING FOR ISS AS WELL AS A FUTURE MARS MISSION BY LINKING THE PREPARATION FOR A MARS MISSION DIRECTLY TO NEAR TERM PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THIS APPROACH IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAN SOME OTHER PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT ARE DEFINED BY SOME FOR OTHER MISSIONS AND ARCHITECTURES. ADDITIONALLY, IF DONE CORRECTLY, ISS UTILIZATION CAN HELP REDUCE THE COST AND TECHNICAL RISK IN MARS MISSION PLANNING BECAUSE UTILIZING ISS RELIES ON EXISTING HARDWARE AND PROCESSES THAT ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD. THE ISS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES A READY-MADE PLATFORM FOR EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, ACADEMIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS. IN PHASE 1 OF THE ISS AND MARS PROGRAM, ALL THESE TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISS PARTNERSHIP, INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND MANY OTHERS. IN THE END, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE CASE FOR UTILIZING ISS FOR MARS EXPLORATION WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.
  • $50,000 - Thursday the 30th of July 2015
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    OVER THE NEXT DECADE, ISS WILL BE USED FOR MANY WORTHY PROJECTS, BUT FOCUSING A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF ISS PROJECTS ON MARS EXPLORATION WILL NOT ONLY HELP ADVANCE THE LONG-TERM GOALS OF NASA, BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP GLUE THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS EVEN CLOSER TOGETHER AND CAN HELP TO ADVANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO MARS AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE DESTINATIONS. LINKING ISS TO MARS CAN ALSO PROVIDE STRONGER POLITICAL BACKING FOR ISS AS WELL AS A FUTURE MARS MISSION BY LINKING THE PREPARATION FOR A MARS MISSION DIRECTLY TO NEAR TERM PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. THIS APPROACH IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAN SOME OTHER PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT ARE DEFINED BY SOME FOR OTHER MISSIONS AND ARCHITECTURES. ADDITIONALLY, IF DONE CORRECTLY, ISS UTILIZATION CAN HELP REDUCE THE COST AND TECHNICAL RISK IN MARS MISSION PLANNING BECAUSE UTILIZING ISS RELIES ON EXISTING HARDWARE AND PROCESSES THAT ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD. THE ISS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES A READY-MADE PLATFORM FOR EXPANDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, ACADEMIA, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FOR FUTURE MARS MISSIONS. IN PHASE 1 OF THE ISS AND MARS PROGRAM, ALL THESE TOPICS WERE DISCUSSED BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ISS PARTNERSHIP, INDUSTRY PARTNERS, AND MANY OTHERS. IN THE END, WE DISCOVERED THAT THE CASE FOR UTILIZING ISS FOR MARS EXPLORATION WAS MUCH STRONGER THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

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