The aim of this work is to develop a fundamental understanding of the stability of planetary atmospheres. Preliminary work shows that the division between solar system bodies and exoplanets with and…

Ended Cooperative Agreement Awarded Last action

Contract number
NNX16AO96A
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$5,038,849

Award facts

Contract value 100% obligated
$5,039,039.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 100% complete
Current and potential, with all options
NAICS code
Not on record
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 0 offers Basic Research
Pricing
Other
Place of performance
Petaluma, CA, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

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Other Administrative Action 49 $0
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Other Administrative Action 47 · 15-SSW15_2-0295 theoretical modeling of solar system and proto-solar nebula processes $0
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Other Administrative Action 45 $0
Funding Only Action 44 $8,417
Funding Only Action 43 $35,944
Funding Only Action 42 $26,249
Funding Only Action 41 $50,610
Funding Only Action 40 $450,000
Funding Only Action 39 $21,590
Funding Only Action 38 $180,836
Funding Only Action 37 $115,553
Funding Only Action 36 $80,527
Funding Only Action 35 $20,000
Funding Only Action 34 $80,000
Vendor Address Change 33A $0
Funding Only Action 33 $123,295
Funding Only Action 32 $6,500
Funding Only Action 31 $43,306
Funding Only Action 30 $36,484
Funding Only Action 29 $205,495
Other Administrative Action 28 $10,000
Funding Only Action 27 $53,000
Funding Only Action 26 $14,500
Funding Only Action 25 $167,037
Funding Only Action 24 $195,800
Funding Only Action 23 $15,000
Funding Only Action 22 $10,000
Funding Only Action 21 $76,114
Funding Only Action 20 $25,500
Funding Only Action 19 $9,015
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Funding Only Action 16 $62,800
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Funding Only Action 11 $46,000
Funding Only Action 10 $107,602
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Funding Only Action 4 $145,922
Funding Only Action 3 $117,844
Funding Only Action 2 $11,633
Funding Only Action 1 $479,065
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This is a cooperative agreement awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute (BAER Institute), a non-profit research organization based in California. The $5,039,039.00 contract aims to develop a fundamental understanding of the stability of planetary atmospheres, investigating the mechanisms of impact erosion and hydrodynamic escape that influence whether solar system bodies and exoplanets retain their atmospheres. The work supports NASA's theoretical modeling of solar system and proto-solar nebula processes. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. BAER Institute also holds two significant Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contracts with the U.S. Geological Survey for global food security support and crop analysis, leveraging the institute's proprietary machine learning algorithms and computational capabilities.

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The aim of this work is to develop a fundamental understanding of the stability of planetary atmospheres. Preliminary work shows that the division between solar system bodies and exoplanets with and without atmospheres follow trends that are potentially consistent with two different atmospheric escape processes. The two mechanisms are impact erosion, when gases are lost as a result of large body impacts, and hydrodynamic escape, when atmospheres expand and escape because of heating by stellar irradiation. Data suggest that impact erosion obliterates atmospheres when median impact velocities exceed -5 times the escape velocity. Alternatively, the observed division could be interpreted as a power law where stellar heating goes as the fourth power of escape velocity, which might be explained if hydrodynamic escape is responsible for atmospheric loss rather than impact erosion. Our investigation will establish an understanding of parameters that favor one escape process versus the other, elucidating which process explains the empirical atmospheric stability limits.

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract NNX16AO96A?

NNX16AO96A was awarded to Bay Area Environmental Research Institute by Shared Services Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on August 1, 2016.

How much is contract NNX16AO96A worth?

The government has obligated $5,038,849 on NNX16AO96A. Its current value, with exercised options, is $5,039,039.

Was contract NNX16AO96A competed?

The extent of competition for NNX16AO96A was full and open competition. The government received 0 offers.

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