This Second Stand Alone Mission of Opportunity Notice (SALMON-2) AO invites proposals for Missions of Opportunity. A Mission of Opportunity (MO) is a focused space flight investigation that offers high scientific , exploration, or technical value for a modest cost to NASA.
The goal of NASA’s Explorers Program is to provide frequent flight opportunities for high quality, high value, focused astrophysics science investigations that can be accomplished under a not-to-exceed cost cap and that can be developed relatively quickly,generally in 36 months or less, and executed on-orbit in less than three years.
The Explorers Program strives to:
Notice of Intent (NOI) to propose must be submitted October 15, 2014 by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).
Proposals must be submitted December 18, 2014 by 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST).
The PI-managed Mission Cost cap for an Astrophysics Explorer Mission of Opportunity, including all mission phases and the cost of accommodation on and/or delivery to the host mission, if applicable, is $65 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 dollars. The PI-managed Mission Cost cap is $35 million in FY 2015 dollars for suborbital-class missions.
NASA expects to select one or two Astrophysics Explorer Missions of Opportunity. If multiple selectable missions are proposed with combined costs within the available funding, anticipated to be approximately $65 million, NASA may select more than one proposed investigation.