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DISCOVERY 2014 AO PROGRAM LIBRARY

  
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Strategic Documents

  1. NPD 1001.0B, 2014 NASA Strategic Plan
  2. 2014 Science Mission Directorate Science Plan
The National Research Council 2013 Planetary Decadal Survey, Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022, may be accessed at http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13117.

Program Analysis Group Reports

  1. Goals, Objectives, and Investigations for Venus Exploration
  2. The Lunar Exploration Roadmap: Exploring the Moon in the 21st Century: Themes, Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities, 2011
  3. Mars Science Goals, Objectives, Investigations, and Priorities: 2010
  4. Scientific Goals for Exploration of the Outer Solar System

Program Specific Documents

  1. DISC-PLAN-001B, Discovery Program Plan
  2. Discovery Safety, Reliability, and Quality Assurance Requirements
  3. Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A Concept Study
    3A. Guidelines and Criteria for the Phase A Concept Study Change Tracked
  4. ELV Launch Services Information Summary
  5. NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) Advisory Services Plan
  6. Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Mission Operations and Communications Services (MOCS)
  7. Advanced Multi Mission Operating System Services
  8. SMD Mission Extension Paradigm
  9. Microsoft Excel versions of the template tables in the AO
    Table B1: Example Science Traceability Matrix
    Table B2: Example Mission Traceability Matrix
    Table B3a: Total Mission Cost Funding RY$ Profile Template
    Table B3b: Total Mission Cost Funding FY$ Profile Template
    Table B5: Master Equipment List
  10. SPD 19, Meeting the 70% JCL Requirement in PI led Missions
  11. Draft Model Contract for Phases B/C/D/E
  12. 2015 NASA New Start Inflation Index for FY 16 Use
  13. Sample Return Primer and Handbook
  14. Lightweight Radioisotope Heater Unit (LWRHU) Information Summary
  15. Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Instrumentation Engineering Science Investigation (ESI) Proposal Details and Programmatic Structure
  16. Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) Instrumentation Engineering Science Investigation (ESI) Goals and Objectives
  17. Mars Relay Description for Discovery 2014 Proposals
  18. Electra Mars Proximity-Link Communications and Navigation Payload Description
  19. TRL 6 Examples
  20. NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster - Commercial (NEXT-C) AO Guidebook
  21. Goals, Objectives, and Investigations for Venus Exploration
  22. Developing a Data Pipeline and Planetary Data System (PDS)-Compliant Archive
  23. DISC-RQMT-002C, Discovery Program Safety and Mission Assurance Guidelines and Requirements
  24. DISC-PLAN-006B,Discovery Program Office Safety and Mission Assurance Implementation Plan
  25. Overview of Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environments Technology (HEEET)
  26. Overview of Mission Sizing For Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environments Technology (HEEET) Materials
  27. Mission Characterization for HEEET Design
  28. HEEET Systems Requirements and Verification Plan
  29. Deep-space Optical Terminals (DOT) Systems Engineering
  30. Overview and Design of the DOT Flight Laser Transceiver
  31. Deep-space Optical Terminals (DOT) Ground Laser Transmitter (GLT) Trades and Conceptual Point Design
  32. Deep-Space Optical Communications (DSOC) Factsheet
  33. Deep-Space Optical Communications (DSOC) Project Images: Joint Cloud Cover Statistics for Palomar Mountain, CA and Table Mountain, CA
  34. X-Ray Computed Tomography Inspection of the Stardust Heat Shield
  35. Entry Performance of the Mercury Spacecraft Heat Shield
  36. Analysis of the Heat-Shield Experiment on the Pioneer-Venus Entry Probes
  37. DSOC Interface Definitions
  38. HEEET Arcjet/Thermal Test Summary Report CY2013-14
  39. Electra-Lite Mars Proximity Link Communications and Navigation Payload Description
  40. Deep Space Atomic Clock: Information for Discovery Proposers September 2014
  41. Developing a Data Pipeline and PDS-Compliant Archive in Response to the Discovery Announcement of Opportunity (AO)
  42. NASA's Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) Long-Duration Test (LDT) Post-test Inspection Interim Report
  43. A Letter of Agreement Concerning the Realignment of Funding Responsibilities Between the Science Mission Directorate and the Space Communications and Navigation Program
  44. Sample Juno Language for the Technical Content of an International Agreement
  45. Sample MSL Language for the Technical Content of an International Agreement
  46. Deep Space Optical Communications(DSOC) Technical Interchange Meeting(TIM) Documents
  47. Miosoft Excel Template for Requirement CS-8

NASA and Federal Documents

  1. NPR 7120.5E, NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements
  2. NPR 7123.1B, NASA Systems Engineering Processes and Requirements
  3. NPR 8020.12D, Planetary Protection Provisions for Robotic Extraterrestrial Missions
  4. NPD 8020.7G, Biological Contamination Control for Outbound and Inbound Planetary Spacecraft
  5. NPD 7100.10E, Curation of Extraterrestrial Materials
  6. NASA HDBK 6022b, NASA Handbook for the Microbiological Examination of Space Hardware (DRAFT)
  7. NASA/CP 2002 211842, A Draft Test Protocol for Detecting Possible Biohazards in Martian Samples Returned to Earth
  8. NASA/SP-2010-3404, NASA WBS Handbook
  9. NPR 8715.6A, NASA Procedural Requirements for Limiting Orbital Debris
  10. NASA STD 8719.14, NASA Process for Limiting Orbital Debris
  11. NPR 8715.3C, NASA General Safety Program Requirements
  12. Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards 4: Managerial Cost Accounting Standards and Concepts
  13. Procurement Information Circular (PIC) 05-15

Additional NASA and Federal Documents

 
All NASA Policy Directives (NPD) and NASA Procedural Requirements (NPR) documents referenced in this AO may be found in the NASA Online Directives Information System (NODIS) Library (http://nodis.hq.nasa.gov/)
 
NPD 1360.2B, Initiation and Development of International Cooperation in Space and Aeronautics Programs
NPR 7150.2A, NASA Software Engineering Requirements
NPD 5101.32E, Procurement, Grants, and Cooperative Agreements
NPR 8580.1A, NASA National Environmental Policy Act Management Requirements
NPD 8610.7D, Launch Services Risk Mitigation Policy for NASA Owned and/or NASA Sponsored Payloads/Missions
NPR 8705.4, Risk Classification for NASA Payloads

 
NASA technical standards documents may be found in the public access portion of the NASA Standards and Technical Assistance Resource Tool (START) (http://standards.nasa.gov/)
 
NASA technical reports may be found on the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) (http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp)
 
NASA/SP 2007 6105 Rev 1, NASA Systems Engineering Handbook

 
The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) are available at http://www.acquisition.gov/far/. The following parts of the Federal Acquisition Regulations are referenced in this AO.
 
FAR 15.403 4, "Requiring certified cost or pricing data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b) "
FAR 15.406 2, "Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing Data "
FAR 33.101, "Protests Definitions "
FAR 52.219 8, "Utilization of Small Business Concerns "
FAR 52.219 9, "Small Business Subcontracting Plan "
FAR 52.222 26, "Equal Opportunity "
FAR 52.226 2, "Historically Black College or University and Minority Institution Representation "
FAR 52.227 11, "Patent Rights - Ownership by the Contractor "
FAR 52.227 14, "Rights in Data - General "
FAR 52.233 2, "Service of Protest"

 
The NASA FAR Supplement (NFS) may be accessed at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/nfstoc.htm. The following parts of the NASA FAR Supplement are referenced in this AO.
 
NFS 1815.208, "Submission, modification, revision, and withdrawal of proposals "
NFS 1834.2, "Earned Value Management System "
NFS 1835.016 70, "Foreign participation under broad agency announcements "
NFS 1852.225 71, "Restriction on Funding Activity with China "
NFS 1852.225 72, "Restriction on funding Activity with China - Representation "
NFS 1852.227 11, "Patent Rights Retention by the Contractor "
NFS 1852.227 70, "New Technology "
NFS 1852.227 71, "Requests for Waiver of Rights to Inventions "
NFS 1852.233 70, "Protests to NASA "
NFS 1872.308, "Proposals submitted by NASA investigators "
NFS 1872.403 1, "Advisory subcommittee evaluation process "
NFS 1872.705 1, "Appendix A: General instructions and provisions"

 
NASA Procurement Information Circulars (PICs) may be accessed at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement/regs/pic.html . The following NASA Procurement Information Circulars are referenced in this AO.
 
The Code of Federal regulations (CFR) may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. The following parts of the Code of Federal Regulations are referenced in this AO.
 
14 CFR Part 1216.3, "Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) "
14 CFR Part 1250, "Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA "
14 CFR Part 1265, "Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) "
15 CFR Parts 730 774, "Export Administration Regulations "
22 CFR Parts120 130, "International Traffic in Arms Regulations "
40 CFR Parts 1500 1508, "Regulations for Implementing the Procedural Provisions of NEPA@quot;

 
The United States Code (USC) may be accessed at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/. The following parts of the United States Code are referenced in this AO.
 
42 USC 4321 et seq., "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA)"
44 USC 3504(d)(1) and 3516

 
Executive Orders may be accessed at http://www.archives.gov/federal register/executive orders/. The following Executive Orders are referenced in this AO.
 
Executive Order 12114, "Environmental effects abroad of major Federal actions" (see http://www.archives.gov/federal register/codification/executive order/12114.html)
 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD 12 (see http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-12)