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Three Dimensional Situational Awareness Sensor to Assist Descent and Landing of the Mars Lander Spacecraft

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX12CE64P
Agency Tracking Number: 115100
Amount: $124,897.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: S5.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-02-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2012-08-13
Small Business Information
663 South Rancho Santa Fe Road, #316
San Marcos, CA 92078-3973
United States
DUNS: 82835
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Bodo Schmidt
 Principal Investigator
 (858) 683-3582
 bodo.schmidt@tetravue.com
Business Contact
 Paul Banks
Title: CEO, President
Phone: (858) 243-0700
Email: paul.banks@tetravue.com
Research Institution
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Abstract

In order to address NASA's needs identified in the RFP, TetraVue proposes the use of a unique, non GPS and non-observer position dependent 3D sensor system to achieve both high lateral and depth resolution during the landing phase of the EDL. The system uses a nanosecond-class laser strobe to illuminate the scene and capture the 3D data in a single shot and is thus insensitive to motion of the observe or the scene. The approach can utilize off-the-shelf focal plane arrays to acquire high resolution, 3D data for a rapid and accurate craft landing and topographical hazard assessment. Phase I will result in a laboratory demonstration of TetraVue's technology to address the speed and range requirement of the program and bring the TRL level from 3 to 4. Phase II will demonstrate a breadboard prototype capable of performing demonstration experiments with realistic mission parameters and bring the TRL level from 4 to 5.

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