The document summarizes presentations from the 2013 Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference about NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. The program facilitates technology testing and demonstration on commercial suborbital vehicles. Presenters discussed recent test flights of payloads on zero-g aircraft and small rockets. They also previewed upcoming flights and plans to continue supporting technology development through competitive awards and by purchasing commercial flight services.
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NASA World Wind - Virtual Globe Technology and the WW Europa ChallengeRaffaele de Amicis
Relevance of NASA World Wind, open source, in analysis and visualisation for the EO data and service providers
Earth visualisation: some of the best apps from the WW Europa Challenge 2013
NASA WW Europa Challenge 2014
Drone Systems and Airframe Selection - Scope and OptionsColin Snow
Presentation to 2016 Commercial UAV Expo: SCOPE & OPTIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Knowing the reasons you want to implement a new technology and ensuring it’s achievable have a huge bearing on its success or failure. If business benefits are not realized, or budgets are busted, the project has failed. So if you are considering acquiring or incorporating an unmanned aircraft system for your business, it pays to be prepared. In this session we’ll cover the five most important things to consider when adopting drones for your business.
Data Con LA 2022 - Air Quality Analytic Center Framework (AQACF)Data Con LA
Jason Kang, Software Engineer, NASA-JPL
* Develop an Analytic Center Framework (ACF) for Air Quality in support of the NASA AIST air quality technology innovation effort, Air Quality Analytics Center Framework (AQACF) * Harmonize air quality data sets, models, and algorithms to facilitate analysis and projections of air quality across those sources. * Demonstrate analysis application area will focus on air pollution in large cities (e.g., Los Angeles) * Generalize framework to facilitate analyses for air quality applications more broadly Coordinate with other AIST-18 efforts including GEOS-Chem, GCHP, Predicting What We Breathe, etc.
The SAP C/4HANA portfolio includes SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Customer Data Cloud (including the acquired Gigya solutions) and SAP Sales Cloud (including the acquired CallidusCloud solutions). Additionally, SAP Sales Cloud unites the SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud solution and SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer (comprised of SAP Hybris Sales Cloud and SAP Hybris Service Cloud solutions).
These cloud solutions — formerly on the market under the SAP Hybris brand name — as well as SAP’s commerce and customer engagement organization are now consolidated under the SAP Customer Experience business unit to support a consistent brand experience.
WeRobotics and Flying Labs: Uses of Drones in Humanitarian and Social Good p...Nepal Flying Labs
I was invited as a Keynote Speaker by the Crisis Mappers Japan, Furuhashi Laboratory at the Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) to share about all the Humanitarian Response and Crisis Mapping related projects that WeRobotics has been doing at different parts of the world via local innovation hubs in different countries also known as Flying Labs.
The event also showcases some of the Drone use related initiatives that has recently begun by partnerships between DroneBird and local municipal offices.
An overview of Augmented Reality (AR) and specific examples from some of my projects as well as work in this area by others. I show how Augmented Reality can and how YOU CAN enhance the learning experience. The theoretical framework builds on the work of Lave & Wenger "Situated Cognition" (http://tinyurl.com/ouh24mm) and Brown & Duguid <b>Tools demonstrated:</b> Microsoft Halolens (due out in 2016), Aurasma, Sketchup, Zooburst and more.
Using a public dataset of images of maritime vessels provided by Analytics Vidhya, manual annotations were made on a subsample of images with Roboflow using the ground truth classifications provided by the dataset. YOLOv5, a prominent open source family of object detection models that comes with an out-of-the-box pre-training on the Common Objects in Context (COCO) dataset, was used to train on annotations of subclassifications of maritime vessels. YOLOv5 provides significant results in detecting a boat. The training, validation, and test set of images trained YOLOv5 in the cloud using Google Colab. Three of our five subclasses, namely, cruise ships, ROROs (Roll On Roll Off, typically car carriers), and military ships, have very distinct shapes and features and yielded positive results. Two of our subclasses, namely, the tanker and cargo ship, have similar characteristics when the cargo ship is unloaded and not carrying any cargo containers. This yielded interesting misclassifications that could be improved in future work. Our trained model resulted in the validation metric of mean Average Precision (mAP@.5) of 0.932 across all subclassification of ships.
MARINET – National Technology Initiative (NTI) is a key long-term program of the public-private partnership in the development of promising new markets based on high-tech solutions that will determine development of the global and Russian economy in the next 15-20 years.
MARINET was established in 2015 and involves a wide range of organizations providing advanced technologies for the maritime industry – from the leading corporations and universities to startup companies and research teams. Currently it joins several hundreds representatives from technology companies, leading universities, research and scientific centers, development institutions, business associations, ministries and government agencies.
NASA World Wind - Virtual Globe Technology and the WW Europa ChallengeRaffaele de Amicis
Relevance of NASA World Wind, open source, in analysis and visualisation for the EO data and service providers
Earth visualisation: some of the best apps from the WW Europa Challenge 2013
NASA WW Europa Challenge 2014
Drone Systems and Airframe Selection - Scope and OptionsColin Snow
Presentation to 2016 Commercial UAV Expo: SCOPE & OPTIONS FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS
Knowing the reasons you want to implement a new technology and ensuring it’s achievable have a huge bearing on its success or failure. If business benefits are not realized, or budgets are busted, the project has failed. So if you are considering acquiring or incorporating an unmanned aircraft system for your business, it pays to be prepared. In this session we’ll cover the five most important things to consider when adopting drones for your business.
Data Con LA 2022 - Air Quality Analytic Center Framework (AQACF)Data Con LA
Jason Kang, Software Engineer, NASA-JPL
* Develop an Analytic Center Framework (ACF) for Air Quality in support of the NASA AIST air quality technology innovation effort, Air Quality Analytics Center Framework (AQACF) * Harmonize air quality data sets, models, and algorithms to facilitate analysis and projections of air quality across those sources. * Demonstrate analysis application area will focus on air pollution in large cities (e.g., Los Angeles) * Generalize framework to facilitate analyses for air quality applications more broadly Coordinate with other AIST-18 efforts including GEOS-Chem, GCHP, Predicting What We Breathe, etc.
The SAP C/4HANA portfolio includes SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Customer Data Cloud (including the acquired Gigya solutions) and SAP Sales Cloud (including the acquired CallidusCloud solutions). Additionally, SAP Sales Cloud unites the SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud solution and SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer (comprised of SAP Hybris Sales Cloud and SAP Hybris Service Cloud solutions).
These cloud solutions — formerly on the market under the SAP Hybris brand name — as well as SAP’s commerce and customer engagement organization are now consolidated under the SAP Customer Experience business unit to support a consistent brand experience.
WeRobotics and Flying Labs: Uses of Drones in Humanitarian and Social Good p...Nepal Flying Labs
I was invited as a Keynote Speaker by the Crisis Mappers Japan, Furuhashi Laboratory at the Aoyama Gakuin University (AGU) to share about all the Humanitarian Response and Crisis Mapping related projects that WeRobotics has been doing at different parts of the world via local innovation hubs in different countries also known as Flying Labs.
The event also showcases some of the Drone use related initiatives that has recently begun by partnerships between DroneBird and local municipal offices.
An overview of Augmented Reality (AR) and specific examples from some of my projects as well as work in this area by others. I show how Augmented Reality can and how YOU CAN enhance the learning experience. The theoretical framework builds on the work of Lave & Wenger "Situated Cognition" (http://tinyurl.com/ouh24mm) and Brown & Duguid <b>Tools demonstrated:</b> Microsoft Halolens (due out in 2016), Aurasma, Sketchup, Zooburst and more.
Using a public dataset of images of maritime vessels provided by Analytics Vidhya, manual annotations were made on a subsample of images with Roboflow using the ground truth classifications provided by the dataset. YOLOv5, a prominent open source family of object detection models that comes with an out-of-the-box pre-training on the Common Objects in Context (COCO) dataset, was used to train on annotations of subclassifications of maritime vessels. YOLOv5 provides significant results in detecting a boat. The training, validation, and test set of images trained YOLOv5 in the cloud using Google Colab. Three of our five subclasses, namely, cruise ships, ROROs (Roll On Roll Off, typically car carriers), and military ships, have very distinct shapes and features and yielded positive results. Two of our subclasses, namely, the tanker and cargo ship, have similar characteristics when the cargo ship is unloaded and not carrying any cargo containers. This yielded interesting misclassifications that could be improved in future work. Our trained model resulted in the validation metric of mean Average Precision (mAP@.5) of 0.932 across all subclassification of ships.
MARINET – National Technology Initiative (NTI) is a key long-term program of the public-private partnership in the development of promising new markets based on high-tech solutions that will determine development of the global and Russian economy in the next 15-20 years.
MARINET was established in 2015 and involves a wide range of organizations providing advanced technologies for the maritime industry – from the leading corporations and universities to startup companies and research teams. Currently it joins several hundreds representatives from technology companies, leading universities, research and scientific centers, development institutions, business associations, ministries and government agencies.
1. National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
The Flight Opportunities Program!
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2013 Next-Generation Suborbital
Researchers Conference!
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Presented by:!
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Dr. Laguduva “LK” Kubendran, !
Program Executive for !
NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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Ronald Young, !
Program Manager for !
NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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June 5, 2013!
www.nasa.gov/spacetech
2. The Flight Opportunities Charter!
To facilitate maturation of cross-cutting space technologies for
NASAʼs Space Technology [Mission Directorate] . . ."
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. . . while achieving a goal of the National Space Policy to “Encourage
and Facilitate” the growth of the U.S. commercial space industry"
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!Create the innovative new space technologies for our exploration, ! ! !
!science, and economic future. !
!- NASA Strategic Goal 3!
!Energize competitive domestic industries !
!- National Space Policy Goal 1!
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6. !
Flight Opportunities / Game Changing Development Programʼs NASA
Research Announcements (NRA) : “Technology Development for
Suborbital Flight Opportunities”"
– Topic 1: Development of Space Technology Demonstration Payloads!
(Remote Sensing Instruments, Observatories, and In-Situ Instruments: EDL
Technology Demonstrations for Small Earth Return Vehicles)!
– Topic 2: Vehicle Capability Enhancements and Onboard Research Facilities for
Payload Accommodation!
(Instrument Pointing, Tracking, and Stabilization Systems; Biological Facilities)!
– Topic 3:Development of Small Spacecraft Propulsion Technology !
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Open Call: Proposals due June 17, 2013"
!Hosted on NASA NSPIRES!
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Payload Development and Vehicle
Capability Enhancements!
7. Flight Opportunities Program"
– Payload solicitation, selection and pipeline coordination!
– Work with technology payload providers to develop mission requirements!
– Serve as technical monitors for Flight Opportunities campaigns!
– Track and report technology maturation and outcomes!
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Payload Providers"
– Develop and deliver payloads!
– Work with FSP on payload-vehicle integration and flight activities!
– Work under guidance of the FOP Campaign Manager!
Flight Service Providers"
– Fly payloads as a commercial service!
– Accept and integrate payloads and manage flight safety!
– Coordinate with spaceport launch facilities!
– Operate under FAA licensure, permits or waivers!
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Participant Roles!
8. AFO: Solicitations for Flight Opportunities Program"
- No funding to PI for payload development!
- Select proposals with high technology relevance to future NASA missions!
- Group payloads for flight campaigns as full manifests, as possible!
IDIQ contracts for Payload Integration & Flight Services"
- Vendors qualify vehicle capabilities to prescribed altitudes prior to bidding !
- Competitive fixed-price bids for flights and payload integration services!
- Improves utility of commercial sRLVs by buying frequent flights!
NRA: Competitive Funding Opportunities"
– Technology payload development!
- Payload accommodation development on sRLVs !
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Current Operating Principles!
9. IDIQ Flight Service Contracts"
– Continue flying NASA sponsored payloads !
– Purchase flights on a per seat basis or full manifest, as warranted!
– Allow greater flexibility to meet payload needs!
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NASA Research Announcements for Technology
Demonstrations"
– Use Cooperative Agreements and Space Act Agreements!
– Provide funding and/or support to stimulate technology R&D!
– Allow researchers to directly team and work with flight service providers!
– Enable enhanced vehicle capability development to help meet payload
requirements !
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Future Operating Principles!
10. Three Years Ago the Startup Goals Were:!
– Be anchor customer for sRLVs !
– Donʼt impose NASA requirements on commercial sRLV providers!
– FSPs are ultimately responsible for payload and flight safety !
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Evolved Differently than we Thought"
– Required stronger adherence to commercial operating principles!
– Assumptions about schedule and vehicle capabilities were overly optimistic!
Resolved Requirements Conflict Between NASA and Other
Stakeholders (NASA technical, safety, Legal, contracts, …)!
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Created Updated Vision for Flight Opportunities Program"
– Become one of many customers !
– Purchase flights and fund payload accommodation development!
– FOP to step-back as commercial capabilities mature!
Learning By Doing!
12. National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
2013 and Beyond!
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NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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Presented by:!
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Douglas “Dougal” Maclise, !
Technology Manager for !
NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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Bruce Webbon, !
Campaign Manager for !
NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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Christopher Baker!
Campaign Manager for !
NASA Flight Opportunities Program!
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June 5, 2013!
www.nasa.gov/spacetech
13. Zero-G Parabolic & UP Aerospace sRLV
Flights!
Dougal Maclise!
FOP Technology Manager!
(for Paul DeLeon – Campaign Manager)!
NASA Ames Research Center!
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14. Reduced Gravity Flight Campaigns!
Recent flight campaigns on
Zero-Gʼs 727 aircraft in
conjunction with NASA JSCʼs
Reduced Gravity Office in
February and April 2013 !
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Campaign currently occurring!
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Next campaign in July 2013!
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Ten technologies tested so far this year, 35 since 2011"
16. 3D Printing in Microgravity!
Three successful parabolic campaigns. Fourth underway this week. !
Experimental 3D printer to be delivered to the ISS in 2014!
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"Made In Space credits much of its
early innovation to the work performed
through the Flight Opportunities
Program... From this we developed a
foundation for the development of our
3D Printer for the ISS." ! ! ! !!
Jason Dunn!
Chief Technology Officer!
Made In Space, Inc.!
Gateway to fabricating parts on-demand in space. "
17. NASA flights with UP Aerospace
Space Loft XL!
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Thirteen technology demonstrators and
experiments slated for flight in 2013"
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SL7 launch planned for June 21, 2013!
Six Technology demonstrators onboard
including payloads from NASA, FAA, AFRL,
industry and NMSGC!
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SL8 launch planned for October, 2013!
Seven Technology demonstrators onboard!
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19. Microgravity Vibration Isolation Platform!
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Caged free floating system under
development (NRA) by Controlled
Dynamics in conjunction with UP
Aerospace!
Isolation system to increase microgravity quality for attached sRLV
payloads"
CDI accelerometer sensor payload will characterize SL7 vibration
environment (flight June 21, 2013). Spectra vibration data will be used to
drive Vibration Isolation (damper) Platform on SL-8 flight !
20. Zero-G Parabolic & UP Aerospace sRLV
Flights!
Thoughts and Questions!
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21. Balloon & High Altitude Shuttle System
Flights!
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Bruce Webbon!
FOP Campaign Manager!
NASA Ames Research Center!
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22. High Altitude Balloon Flights!
Flights of Near Space high altitude
balloon systems in January and
February of 2013!
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NMT Structural Heath Monitoring!
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FAA / ERAU Automatic Dependent
Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)!
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Currently working on additional balloon flights for 2013 including drop tests
of experimental vehicle landing systems and observation instruments!
23. Payload accommodation of coarse
pointing / stabilization system for
observational instruments on NSC
Balloon Systems!
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First flight planned for September 2013!
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Second flight is planned for November
2013 with SwRI star tracker payload !
Balloon Platform Coarse Pointing System!
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Program is funding Near Space Corp. to develop a capability for
instrument development enabling continuous target observation"
24. Payload Bay Dimensions!
!≈ 19 x 20 x 5 in!
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Payload Mass!
!< 22 lbs!
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Reference:!
NSC High Altitude Shuttle System!
Payload Userʼs Guide (Rev A)!
NSC High Altitude Shuttle System (HASS)!
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25. DROP at ~100,000 ft!
(From Balloon)!
INITIAL!
PULLOUT!
PARABOLA!
ENTRY!
REDUCED
GRAVITY!
PARABOLA!
PARABOLA EXIT!
Continue parabolas down to ~60,000 ft!
Purdue University collaborating with NSC to
develop and test capability to perform
multiple reduced gravity parabolas during
decent
HASS Parabolic Flight Profile!
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26. Balloon & High Altitude Shuttle System
Flights!
Thoughts and Questions!
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27. Emerging Suborbital Reusable Launch
Vehicles!
*
Christopher Baker!
FOP Campaign Manager!
Dryden Flight Research Center!
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28. Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration
Environment (GENIE)!
Successful envelope expansion of Mastenʼs XA-0.1B “Xombie” controlled
by Draper Laboratoryʼs GENIE system in March!
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“We believe the GENIE and Xombie system provide
NASA with the platform necessary to demonstrate a
wide range of exciting planetary landing technologies
including advanced guidance technology.” ! !!
Doug Zimpfer!
Associate Director for Human Space Exploration!
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory!
Capability to test new sensors for landing on extra-terrestrial bodies"
29. Guidance for Fuel-Optimal Large-Divert
(G-FOLD)!
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Real-time course correction for planetary pinpoint landing "
G-FOLD computes fuel optimal trajectories for large divert
landing maneuvers!
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“The current capability to deliver payloads to the surface
of Mars within a small landing ellipse is inadequate for
future mission needs.”!
NASA Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan!
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2013 development and flight activity (NRA) continues
successful 2012 JPL flights with Masten!
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