The U.S. government has awarded a $156,494 STTR Phase I contract to Blueshift LLC (doing business as Outward Technologies), a small business, for the "Optimization of Lunar Materials for Launch and Landing Pads." This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract is being administered by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. Blueshift LLC specializes in advanced manufacturing, including 3D printing with concentrated solar power, and has previously performed research and development work for NASA related to space technologies such as modeling rover and soil interactions on the lunar surface, regolith processing, and solar welding for in-space applications. This contract supports the agency's space exploration goals and is set aside for total small business participation.
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