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3 The Selection Process
3 The Selection Process
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More recent AOs require increases in budget reserves (from approximately 10 percent of mission costs to 25 to 30 percent through mission development) 3 in response to the cost growth that occurred in recent Discovery missions and some Explorer missions (see Appendix E)
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THE SELECTION PROCESS 25 NASA Step 1 Proposal Selections PHASE A Concept Study NASA Step 2, Final Mission Selection PHASE B Mission Design and Definition Preliminary Design Review (PDR) Mission Confirm ation Review PHASE C Final Design Critical Design Review CDR PHASE D Fabrication and Integration Pre-environmental Review PHASE D Test Pre-ship Review Pre-launch Review Launch PHASE E Mission Operations and Science Analysis FIGURE 3.1 Life cycle of a PI-led mission.
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To complete the proposal with the required detail, PIs must engage accounting and engineering professionals from their own organization or a teaming organization to construct a work breakdown structure (WBS) , which is a set of budgetary spreadsheets showing all planned expenditures according to a proposed schedule for mission development, from selection through design definition (Phase B)
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Center, NASA and/or Other And/or Other Partners) PI Submits Proposal of 40 Pages PI Submits Proposal of 40 Pages NASA HQ NASA HQ Science Review Science Review NASA Langley NASA Langley NASA Makes TMCO Review NASA Makes TMCO Review Step 1 Selection Step 1ofSelection 2-4 Proposals 2-4 Proposals PI and Team Generate Step 2/ Phase A PI and Team Generate Step 2/ Phase A Second Second Study With Detailed Cost and Schedule Study with Detailed Cost and Schedule TMCO Review TMCO Review Details Details Site Visit to PI Site Visit to PI Institution NASA Makes Institution NASA Makes Step 22 Step Selection ofof Selection 1-2 Missions 1-2 Missions FIGURE 3.2 Life cycle of a PI mission proposal.
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TABLE 3.2 Statistics on Proposals Submitted for Discovery Missions Year of AO No. of Proposals Phase A Studies Selected Full Missions 1996 34 full 5 CONTOUR, Genesis 1998 30 total, 26 full 6 MESSENGER, Deep Impact 2000 26 total, 23 full 3 Dawn, Kepler 2004 18 total, 16 full 0 None SOURCE: NASA, Science Mission Directorate.
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Such growth is one primary barrier to selection, even if the total cost remains within the program cost cap. Plenary sessions attended by all the TMCO reviewers balance the detailed reviews carried out by the various TMCO expert subpanels.
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of approximately 150 pages is generated for a second comprehensive TMCO review, which is often conducted by a subset of the same panelists who carried out the Step 1 review. The panel, along with program and NASA Headquarters representatives, visits one of the primary teaming institutions as part of Step 2.
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