Month: January 2024

Reduced Infrastructure Radionavigation System

Project Sponsor : NASA Faculty Investigator : Dr. Glenn Lightsey Project Status : Ongoing Georgia Tech’s SSDL is studying new methods of conducting radionavigation with minimal infrastructure at remote locations like the Moon and Mars.

OAST: Oceans Across Space and Time

Project Sponsor : Supported by awards 80NSSC18K1301 and 80NSSC22K1409 (PI: Britney Schmidt). Start Date : 09/2018 Faculty Investigator : Prof. Britney Schmidt (Cornell); Prof. Christopher E. Carr (Co-I) Project Status : Active Collaborators: OAST has an extended multi-institute team. Oceans Across Space and Time (OAST) project is part of the Network for Life Detection (NfoLD), […]

NERPE: Non-Enzymatic RNA Primer Extension

Project Sponsor : Supported by H.H.M.I. awards to Szostak. Start Date : Mid 2018 Faculty Investigator : Prof. Jack Szostak/Dr. Daniel Duzdevich (U. Chicago); Christopher E. Carr (Georgia Tech, Collaborator) Project Status : Active Collaborators: This is a collaborative project led by the Szostak lab at University of Chicago All known life is related to […]

MHD Drive for O2 Production

Project Sponsor : NASA Start Date : 08/01/2023 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Álvaro Romero-Calvo Project Status : Active Human space exploration is presented with multiple challenges, such as the near absence of buoyancy in orbit or the reliable, efficient, and sustainable operation of life support systems. The production and management of oxygen and hydrogen are […]