[meteorite-list] NASA Selects Proposals for Advanced Energy Storage Systems

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 16:11:39 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <201408072311.s77NBePx027707_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

August 7, 2014
     
NASA Selects Proposals for Advanced Energy Storage Systems

NASA has selected four proposals for advanced energy storage technologies
that may be used to power the agency's future space missions.

Development of these new energy storage devices will help enable NASA's
future robotic and human-exploration missions and aligns with conclusions
presented in the National Research Council's "NASA Space Technology Roadmaps
and Priorities," which calls for improved energy generation and storage
"with reliable power systems that can survive the wide range of
environments unique to NASA missions." NASA believes these awards will lead
to such energy breakthroughs.

"NASA's advanced space technology development doesn't stop with hardware and
instruments for spacecraft," said Michael Gazarik, associate administrator
for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "New energy storage
technology will be critical to our future exploration of deep space --
whether missions to an asteroid, Mars or beyond. That's why we're investing
in this critical mission technology area."

Managed by the Game Changing Development Program within NASA's Space
Technology Mission Directorate, the four selected technology proposals are:

-- Silicon Anode Based Cells for High Specific Energy Systems, submitted by
Amprius, Inc, in Sunnyvale, California
-- High Energy Density and Long-Life Li-S Batteries for Aerospace
Applications, submitted by the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena
-- Advanced High Energy Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, submitted by
Indiana University in Bloomington
-- Garnet Electrolyte Based Safe, Lithium-Sulfur Energy Storage, submitted by
the University of Maryland, College Park

Phase I awards are approximately $250,000 and provide funding to conduct an
eight-month component test and analysis phase. Phase II is an engineering
development unit hardware phase that provides as much as $1 million per award
for one year, while Phase III consists of the prototype hardware development,
as much as $2 million per award for 18 months.

Proposals for this solicitation were submitted by NASA centers, federally
funded research and development centers, universities and industry. NASA's
Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, manages the Game Changing
Development program for the Space Technology Mission Directorate.

NASA is working closely with the Department of Energy's Advanced Research
Projects Agency (ARPA-E) and other partners to propel the development of
energy storage technology solutions for future human and robotic exploration
missions. Committed to developing the critical technologies needed for deep
space exploration, NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate will make
significant investments over the next 18 months to address several
high-priority challenges in achieving this goal.

http://www.nasa.gov/spacetech

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David E. Steitz
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1730
david.steitz at nasa.gov

Chris Rink
Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
757-864-6786
chris.rink at nasa.gov
Received on Thu 07 Aug 2014 07:11:39 PM PDT