SBIR/STTR Research Award
AN ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT HABITAT FOR SPACE BIOLOGY
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- STAR ENTERPRISES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CURRENT LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS CANNOT BE USED FOR DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES OF ANIMALS IN SPACE. AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO THE DESIGN OF AN ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT HABITAT, COMPATIBLE WITH THE MIDDECK LOCKERS OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE, IS BASED ON STUDIES OF NATURALLY-OCCURRING MATERNAL BURROWS OF RODENTS, SURFACE/VOLUME RATIOS OF DIFFERENT HABITAT CONFIGURATIONS, AND ANALYSIS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL REQUIREMENTS. THE DESIGN WILL ALSO INCORPORATE CURRENT AND PROJECTED SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS, AS INDICATED BY COMPILATION OF SEVERAL SCIENCE REVIEWS, AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS OF INVESTIGATORS. PHASE I WORK WILL CULMINATE WITH THE PRODUCTION OF A FULL-SIZE MODEL OF AN ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT HABITAT. THE HABITAT WILL EMBODY NEW PRINCIPLES OF LIFE-SUPPORT FOR ANIMALS IN SPACE, PARTICULARLY THOSE RELEVANT TO WELFARE OF THE ANIMALS AND THE CONDUCT OF A BROAD PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES IN SPACE BIOLOGY.
Technology keywords
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