(FOA)-Appendix
C: Development of Microgravity Food Production: Plant Watering, Volume
Management, and Novel Plant Research on the International Space Station
(NNH18ZTT001N-PT); July 5, 2019
Agency
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Description
This
Space Biology Appendix to ROSBio-2018 represents a collaboration between NASA’s
Space Life and Physical Science Research and Applications Division (SLPSRAD) and
NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES). The goal of this collaboration is to
solicit research and development (R&D) projects that will lead to the
development of a more reliable water and nutrient delivery approach/concept for
growing edible pick-and-eat plants for multiple generations in microgravity,
that will eventually lead to new hardware. The resulting hardware should
accommodate both leafy and root zone crops, allow study of both water and
nutrient uptake, and provide solutions to optimize planting space and volume
management. These requirements stress the need for reliability, the use of
common components (within the plant growth system and potentially common with
other spacecraft systems), the ease and ability of on-orbit repair requiring a
minimal supply of replacement parts, and an understanding of full resource
requirements for the system.
Through this solicitation,
NASA seeks proposals for the integrated research and development of:
1)
Edible Plant Water and Nutrient Delivery Systems for Microgravity
Spaceflight
2)
Edible Plant Spacing Systems.
Announcement
Number
NNH18ZTT001N-PT
Closing
Date
Step-1
proposals: July 5, 2019
Step-2
proposals: September 26, 2019.
Link
to Full Announcement
Contact
Information
Molly
Anderson
281-483-9149