← LeaderboardsInvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Global Aerospace Corporation
Irwindale, CA
$651,598
Total funding
3
Grants
Funding over time
peak $490K · FY2006–21$500K$375K$250K$125K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NASA$551,666 · 2
NSF$99,932 · 1
By mechanism
—$651,598 · 3
Investigators at Global Aerospace Corporation
InvestigatorsiAttributed = a PI's even-split share of each grant — a $1M grant with 2 PIs counts $500K each.
Exposure= the full size of every grant they're on ($1M each).
Rising Stars
First grant in the last 5 yrs
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Emerging Leaders
6–10 yrs in
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All-Time
Most funded here, all years
Not enough data
Largest grants
THIS PROPOSED STUDY ADDRESSES THE FEASIBILITY OF A RELATIVELY NEAR-TERM AND LOW-COST MISSION TO PLUTO AS WELL AS OTHER BODIES WITH LOW-PRESSURE ATMOSPHERES (E.G. TRITON) WITH A FOCUS ON LANDER MISSIONS.$490,003
· FY2021 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SBIR Phase I: Radiometer Radiosonde$99,932
· FY2006 · TIP
IMAGINE A CRAFT THAT COULD ENTER PLUTO'S ATMOSPHERE AT 14 KM/S AND DELIVER A 200 KG LANDER TO THE SURFACE USING AERODYNAMIC DRAG AND JUST A FEW KG OF PROPELLANT. PLUTO'S SURFACE PRESSURE IS JUST 10 MILLIONTHS OF EARTH'S BUT ITS ATMOSPHERE IS ABOUT 7 TIMES HIGHER THAN EARTH'S AND ITS VOLUME IS ABOUT 350 TIMES THE VOLUME OF PLUTO ITSELF. OVER A SEVERAL HUNDRED KILOMETER ENTRY DISTANCE THIS ULTRA-LOW BALLISTIC COEFFICIENT CRAFT CAN DISSIPATE OVER 99.999% OF ITS INITIAL KINETIC ENERGY RESULTING IN A TERMINAL VELOCITY COMPARABLE TO OR LESS THAN PAST PLANETARY LANDERS OR ROVERS. WITH THIS ARCHITECTURE THE TOTAL PROPELLANT REQUIREMENT FOR LANDING ON PLUTO IS LESS THAN 3.5 KG! AFTER MAKING SCIENCE MEASUREMENTS AT ITS INITIAL LANDING SITE THE LANDER SWITCHES TO "HOPPER" MODE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE LOW GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION (0.063 GEE) AND A MODEST PROPELLANT STORE TO LITERALLY HOP SKIP AND JUMP AROUND THE SURFACE SOMETIMES KILOMETERS AT A TIME INVESTIGATING FEATURES OF INTEREST. THE PROPOSED CONCEPT WOULD ENABLE IN-SITU SURFACE SCIENCE AT PLUTO WITH LOW OVERALL MASS A REASONABLE COST AND IN A TIMEFRAME OF ABOUT 10-15 YEARS.$61,663
· FY2017 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration