The awards cover 22 focus areas ranging from systems
supporting human spaceflight to those benefiting more Earthly endeavors.
The SEXTANT team now also is discussing the possible application of X-ray navigation to
support human spaceflight, Mitchell added.
Not exact matches
On the
human spaceflight side, which accounts for about half of the agency's budget, Congress continued to
support both public and private approaches to getting
humans into space.
The NRC is the latest in a long series of reports over many decades intended to galvanize
support for the next bold leap in
human spaceflight.
-- Receipt of $ 1.2 million from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute as part of an initiative to
support human health during
spaceflight.
Developing both simultaneously is a «challenge» in the current budgetary environment and we «need to look at these programs
supporting each other and, ultimately, the
human spaceflight for the nation.»