P00002 NASA OPERATES SUB-ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLES SOUNDING ROCKETS--FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PURPOSES. THESE ROCKETS HAVE PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 1000 KILOGRAMS, AND APOGEE ALTITUDES UP TO 1500 KM OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. Other Administrative Action $0 9/12/19 Not listed NASA OPERATES SUB-ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLES SOUNDING ROCKETS--FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PURPOSES. THESE ROCKETS HAVE PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 1000 KILOGRAMS AND APOGEE ALTITUDES UP TO 1500 KM OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. $0 9/12/19 P00001 NASA OPERATES SUB-ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLES SOUNDING ROCKETS--FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PURPOSES. THESE ROCKETS HAVE PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 1000 KILOGRAMS, AND APOGEE ALTITUDES UP TO 1500 KM OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER, IT MAY COST ONE OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LAUNCH, AND THE LAUNCH LIFE CYCLE MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. AT TIMES A MUCH SMALLER ROCKET MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED TEST ENVIRONMENT. HIGH RISK ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM TESTS FLIGHTS ON SMALL ROCKETS. CLASS 2 HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS (TOTAL IMPULSE OF 40,960 NEWTON-SECONDS OR LESS) ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES. PAYLOAD MASS AND APOGEE ALTITUDE ARE SMALL--A FEW KILOGRAMS CARRIED TO PERHAPS 10 KM-- BUT THE COST AND LIFE CYCLES ARE LOW. VEHICLES WITH SIGNIFICANT CAPABILITY CAN BE BUILT AND FLOWN MULTIPLE TIMES IN A YEAR AT A COST ON THE ORDER OF $10,000. IT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZED METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS TO FLY EXPERIMENTS AND LOW TRL PAYLOADS. THESE METHODS WILL BE DETERMINED THROUGH FLIGHT TESTS AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES. A SERIES OF ROCKETS WILL BE BUILT, INSTRUMENTED AND FLOWN TO OBTAIN DATA ON FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF PAYLOAD BAYS. STANDARDIZED PAYLOAD BAYS AND AVIONICS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED, SOME WITH LOW TRL SYSTEMS AS PAYLOADS. ANALYSES WILL EXPLORE THE RESPONSE OF ROCKET STRUCTURES TO TIME-VARYING THRUST AND ACCELERATION PROFILES, AEROACOUSTIC INPUTS AND HEATING. METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS WILL BE PRESENTED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES. THE NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE ROADMAPS LIST NUMEROUS TECHNOLOGY AREAS TO WHICH THIS PROJECT IS APPLICABLE, FROM LAUNCH TO SENSOR TO ENTRY, DESCENT AND LANDING SYSTEMS. Funding Only Action $10.0k 8/30/18 Not listed NASA OPERATES SUB-ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLES SOUNDING ROCKETS--FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PURPOSES. THESE ROCKETS HAVE PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 1000 KILOGRAMS AND APOGEE ALTITUDES UP TO 1500 KM OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER IT MAY COST ONE OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LAUNCH AND THE LAUNCH LIFE CYCLE MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. AT TIMES A MUCH SMALLER ROCKET MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED TEST ENVIRONMENT. HIGH RISK ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM TESTS FLIGHTS ON SMALL ROCKETS. CLASS 2 HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS (TOTAL IMPULSE OF 40 960 NEWTON-SECONDS OR LESS) ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES. PAYLOAD MASS AND APOGEE ALTITUDE ARE SMALL--A FEW KILOGRAMS CARRIED TO PERHAPS 10 KM-- BUT THE COST AND LIFE CYCLES ARE LOW. VEHICLES WITH SIGNIFICANT CAPABILITY CAN BE BUILT AND FLOWN MULTIPLE TIMES IN A YEAR AT A COST ON THE ORDER OF $10 000. IT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZED METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS TO FLY EXPERIMENTS AND LOW TRL PAYLOADS. THESE METHODS WILL BE DETERMINED THROUGH FLIGHT TESTS AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES. A SERIES OF ROCKETS WILL BE BUILT INSTRUMENTED AND FLOWN TO OBTAIN DATA ON FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF PAYLOAD BAYS. STANDARDIZED PAYLOAD BAYS AND AVIONICS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED SOME WITH LOW TRL SYSTEMS AS PAYLOADS. ANALYSES WILL EXPLORE THE RESPONSE OF ROCKET STRUCTURES TO TIME-VARYING THRUST AND ACCELERATION PROFILES AEROACOUSTIC INPUTS AND HEATING. METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS WILL BE PRESENTED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES. THE NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE ROADMAPS LIST NUMEROUS TECHNOLOGY AREAS TO WHICH THIS PROJECT IS APPLICABLE FROM LAUNCH TO SENSOR TO ENTRY DESCENT AND LANDING SYSTEMS. $10.0k 8/30/18 Not listed NASA OPERATES SUB-ORBITAL LAUNCH VEHICLES SOUNDING ROCKETS--FOR A VARIETY OF RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING PURPOSES. THESE ROCKETS HAVE PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES IN THE RANGE OF 10 TO 1000 KILOGRAMS AND APOGEE ALTITUDES UP TO 1500 KM OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE. HOWEVER IT MAY COST ONE OR MORE MILLION DOLLARS FOR A LAUNCH AND THE LAUNCH LIFE CYCLE MAY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS. AT TIMES A MUCH SMALLER ROCKET MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED TEST ENVIRONMENT. HIGH RISK ROCKET AND SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGIES MAY ALSO BENEFIT FROM TESTS FLIGHTS ON SMALL ROCKETS. CLASS 2 HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS (TOTAL IMPULSE OF 40 960 NEWTON-SECONDS OR LESS) ARE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THESE SERVICES. PAYLOAD MASS AND APOGEE ALTITUDE ARE SMALL--A FEW KILOGRAMS CARRIED TO PERHAPS 10 KM-- BUT THE COST AND LIFE CYCLES ARE LOW. VEHICLES WITH SIGNIFICANT CAPABILITY CAN BE BUILT AND FLOWN MULTIPLE TIMES IN A YEAR AT A COST ON THE ORDER OF $10 000. IT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT TO DEVELOP STANDARDIZED METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS TO FLY EXPERIMENTS AND LOW TRL PAYLOADS. THESE METHODS WILL BE DETERMINED THROUGH FLIGHT TESTS AND COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES. A SERIES OF ROCKETS WILL BE BUILT INSTRUMENTED AND FLOWN TO OBTAIN DATA ON FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF PAYLOAD BAYS. STANDARDIZED PAYLOAD BAYS AND AVIONICS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED SOME WITH LOW TRL SYSTEMS AS PAYLOADS. ANALYSES WILL EXPLORE THE RESPONSE OF ROCKET STRUCTURES TO TIME-VARYING THRUST AND ACCELERATION PROFILES AEROACOUSTIC INPUTS AND HEATING. METHODS FOR USING HIGH POWER AMATEUR ROCKETS WILL BE PRESENTED IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE HANDBOOKS AND GUIDES AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL LAUNCH VEHICLES. THE NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY MISSION DIRECTORATE ROADMAPS LIST NUMEROUS TECHNOLOGY AREAS TO WHICH THIS PROJECT IS APPLICABLE FROM LAUNCH TO SENSOR TO ENTRY DESCENT AND LANDING SYSTEMS. $125.0k 9/8/17