Technology Infusion Activities
Current Activities
The CICT Technology Infusion effort encompasses a broad range of activities, involving all four of the component projects. Examples of these activities include the following:
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Mars Exploration Rover (MER-Mars 03 Mission)
This activity supports the Office of Space Science (Code S), and includes the MER Operations Study, the MERBoard, and the MER Planning and Scheduling projects. -
Rover Autonomy Architecture (MSL-Mars 09 Mission)
This activity supports the Office of Space Science (Code S), and is designed to explore advanced autonomy concepts for the Mars Science Laboratory. -
NowCasting Project
This activity supports the Office of Earth Science (Code Y), and is designed to integrate web-based and remote sensing data to provide real-time assessment of the environment. -
Integrated Launch & Range Operations
This activity supports the Office of Human Space Flight (Code M), and will provide increased range safety via advanced human-centered computing concepts. -
Multilevel Parallelism
This activity supports the Office of Aerospace technology (Code R) and the Office of Earth Science (Code Y) and increases the performance and usability of large-processor-count computing systems, e.g., a 40-times improvement of the FVCCM3 climate code. -
Advanced Space Communications Capability
This activity supports the Office of Space Science and will provide a transceiver chip for the Mars 2005 mission for the Electra communications payload package for broadband signal processing, as well as 100 watt traveling wave tube microwave sources for the Mars 2005/2007/2009 missions
Future Activities
Future activities will include such developments as carbon nanotube scanning probes for high resolution imaging applications and nanopore-based gene sequencing.
Technology infusion is a continuing process, necessary because Enterprise objectives and programs evolve, necessitating an evolution of research portfolio priorities. These events lead to new infusion opportunities, new testbed requirements and planning for new technology demonstrations. In addition, there is a special incentive to find new multidisciplinary technology infusion opportunities to leverage the complementary and interrelated technologies represented by the four CICT projects.
