MFS RFI VI Day 050520.pptx

Facilitators:

Investment Manager – Ed Hamlin (AFRC) Contracting Officer – Andrea Basham (AFRC) Microgravity Campaign Manager – Earl Adams (AFRC) Consultant – Bob Seibold (Aerospace Corp) Chat Monitor – Jennifer Thomson (AFRC) NASA – Armstrong Flight Research Center Flight Opportunities Program Microgravity Flight Services (MFS)

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Virtual Industry Day May 5, 2020

This will be a one-way voice presentation

To submit questions during the presentation:

Use WebEx chat feature to contact Jennifer Thomson Non-voice (similar to sending a text message) Questions sent during the presentation may be answered during the session if time permits

Presentation and responses will be posted as an amendment to the RFI MFS Industry Day Logistics

MFS Industry Day

INDUSTRY DAY INFORMATION

We will attempt to answer your questions in real time Answers in real time are NOT official responses and are subject to change Official responses will be posted with the RFI It is your responsibility to check the RFI posting (https://go.usa.gov/xvmvY) for periodic updates All questions must be received by May 19 Capability statement responses are due on June 9 at 4:00 p.m. PDT

ABOUT NASA FLIGHT OPPORTUNITIES

Mission is to facilitate rapid demonstration of promising technologies through suborbital testing with industry flight providers..

..to mature capabilities needed for NASA missions and commercial applications These demonstrations take technologies from ground-based laboratories into relevant environments to increase technology readiness and validate feasibility while reducing the costs and technical risks of future missions

BASIC RFI INFORMATION

Technical requirements are notional and subject to change We want to know what you can provide: what are your capabilities?

We may use your responses to develop the Request For Proposal (RFP) for the contract requirements Likely to be a multiple award contract (e.g. more than one entity on contract) Likely to be 5 yr. (no options), Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract Timing for RFP release is TBD – RFI may or may not result in an RFP

REQUIREMENT INFORMATION

Atmospheric aircraft (e.g. “vomit comet”) Carry experiments of varying sizes and types Fly multiple parabolas to achieve periods of reduced and hyper gravity Quantity of parabolas is dependent on platform used and nature of experiments Fly within CONUS In some cases, support human-tended experiments Typical flight year involves 2 campaigns of 4 days each, 4 flights per campaign, 2.5-4 hr. flight duration – this will vary with aircraft type and nature of experiments May have from 1 to 10 experiments per flight (depending upon aircraft capacity) Detailed RFI requirements can be found at https://go.usa.gov/xvmvC Refer to the MFS RFI posting at https://go.usa.gov/xvmvY for further details

REPRESENTATIVE PARABOLA

Transport Class Aircraft – other aircraft types will vary

LIKELY REQUIREMENTS

Must have proven capability to provide minimum requirements (at least one microgravity profile) Must be US domestic entity If carrying human flight participants, must comply with NASA Safety and Mission Assurance (SMA) requirements (e.g. FAA certificated aircraft) Will NOT be operating under “Public Use” model

MFS RFI Industry Day

Program is Discussing Questions Raised During the Presentation

MFS RFI Industry Day

We Will Return at 1:05 pm Pacific Program is Discussing Questions Raised During the Presentation

Responses to Questions

Program is responding to questions raised during the MFS RFI presentation “Listen only” telecon in progress.

Official responses will be posted with the RFI Check the posting frequently for updates to responses https://go.usa.gov/xvmvY image1.png image2.png image3.png image4.png image5.png