THE DEFINITION PHASE IS A PROCESS THAT THE HCAAM VNSCOR GRANT WILL EMPLOY TO ALLOW THE INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS TO BE INTEGRATED INTO A COHESIVE VNSCOR PROJECT THROUGH DISCUSSION WITH A VNSCOR SCIENCE LEAD. THE DEFINITION PHASE WILL REQUIRE A CLEAR FIRM INTEGRATED PLAN AND RATIONALE (INCLUDING SCIENCE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTATION) FOR WHICH MEASURES WILL BE USED IN EACH ANALOG FOR EACH TEAM DEFINE CLEAR DELIVERABLES PER RESEARCH PROJECT PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PI TO REFINE THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO ALIGN THE BUDGET WITH THE CURRENT DESIRED RESEARCH GOALS GIVEN THAT THE RESEARCH NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED WITH 6 OTHER TEAMS RESEARCH COMPLETE THE IRB SUBMISSION (THEREFORE HAVE OUTLINED AN APPROVED EXPERIMENTAL PARADIGM) COORDINATE WITH THE FLIGHT ANALOGUES PROJECT ALIGN THE RESEARCH TO CULMINATE WITH A VALIDATED AND INTEGRATED OUTPUT FOR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES ALLOW FOR MILESTONE REVIEWS AND RE-ALIGNMENTS BEGIN THE RESEARCH PARTICIPATE IN A FACE TO FACE MEETING BETWEEN ELEMENT MANAGEMENT THE PORTFOLIO MANAGER STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES MANAGER AND THE PI (AT JSC IN APRIL). THE DEFINITION PHASE WILL ALSO REQUIRE THAT THE PI IDENTIFY AND REQUEST NASA TOOLS REQUIRED FOR THE RESPECTIVE RESEARCH AHEAD OF TIME AND COORDINATED THROUGH LUI WANG WITH THE RESPECTIVE LABORATORY (E.G. PLAYBOOK/ARC; ROBOT/BHP LAB JSC) AND TO REVIEW THE HOLDEN (2019) STANDARD AND GUIDELINES DOCUMENT AND MEET ANY STANDARD AND GUIDELINES DUE DATES (INCLUDING VALIDATION). DR. ROBINSON WILL ALSO COMPLETE THE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN IRB SUBMISSION PROCEDURE/SYSTEM AUTONOMOUS MULTIMODAL PROTOTYPE INFORMATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENT SPECIFIED AND SYSTEM PROTOTYPE WILL BE DEVELOPED.