National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Business Innovation Research 1998 Program Solicitation
8.1 Aeronautics And Space Transportation Technology
8.2 Human Exploration And Development Of Space
8.3 Earth Science
8.4 Space Science
8.5 Crosscutting Technologies
NASA has established a framework for making management decisions by separating the Agency’s program into externally focused Strategic Enterprises through which we implement our mission and communicate with our external customers (http://www.nasa.gov).
These Enterprises identify, at the most fundamental level, what we do and for whom. They focus us on the ends, not the means, of our endeavors. Each of our Strategic Enterprises is analogous to a strategic business unit employed by private-sector companies to focus on and respond to their customers' needs. Each Strategic Enterprise has a unique set of strategic goals, objectives, and strategies that addresses the requirements of its primary external customers. Because each Enterprise must align its programmatic thrusts with its own customers' needs, each requires its own individual strategy. Research topics and subtopics in this Solicitation are organized by the four Enterprises:
Aeronautics and Space Transportation Technology
Human Exploration and Development of Space
In addition, synergy among the Enterprises is captured in a separate section in the Solicitation called Crosscutting Technologies.
There is a total of 28 topics in this Solicitation, each with an introduction followed by a list of subtopics. There is a total of 122 subtopics. These topics and subtopics are found in sections 8.1 through 8.5. Each section has a general introduction and its own table of contents.
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