NASA Tournament Lab
Textile Test Methods Challenge Webinar
October 29th @ 10:00-11:00am EDT
AGENDA
» Speaker Introductions
» Challenge Overview
» Challenge FAQs
» Audience Q&A
» Wrap-Up
WEBINAR SPEAKERS:
Steve Rader
Lindsay Aitchison
Deputy Manager, CoECI
Space Suit Engineer
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
Dana Valish
Kevin Stark, PhD
Space Suit Engineer
Vice President
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
NineSigma
Textile Test Methods Challenge
OVERVIEW
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NASA is seeking proposals for test methods or procedures to assess wear/damage to
candidate space suit textile materials.
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The lack of commonality of the dirt and dust environments of planetary environments
such as those on the moon, Mars, and large asteroids and those on Earth makes it
challenging to replicate and evaluate wear damage.
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There is not a standard assessment technique for determining the wear performance
of newly developed environmental protection garment (EPG) designs vs current and
past designs
Textile Test Methods Challenge
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Textile Test Methods Challenge
NASA TOURNAMENT LAB OVERVIEW
NASA’s CoECI runs the
NASA Tournament Lab
(NTL) , which offers
various open innovation
platforms that engage
public crowdsourcing
communities in
challenges to create the
most innovative,
efficient, and optimized
solutions for specific,
real-world challenges
being faced by NASA and
other Federal Agencies
Textile Test Methods Challenge
BACKGROUND
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For a summary of previous abrasion test efforts, see “Abrasion Testing of Candidate Outer-layer
Fabrics for Lunar Extravehicular Activity Space Suits.”
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Over the past 25 years the NASA Johnson Space Center Crew and Thermal Systems Division has
focused on tumble testing as means of simulating wear on the outer layer of the space suit fabric.
The tumble test method of abrading materials incorporates a large rotary drum tumbler with rocks
and loose lunar simulant material to induce abrasion in fabric test layups, representative of what
might occur during long term planetary surface EVAs. Test runs are 8 hours long to simulate a
worst-case EVA scenario.
Textile Test Methods Challenge
CURRENT METHODS
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The most recent tests performed by NASA were in 2014-2015 with an alternate
configuration which requires about 10% of the fabric per test of that needed in previous
years. The new configuration also allowed for multiple samples to be run
simultaneously.
This configuration initially appears to provide more reliable material abrasion, however,
tape used to secure the samples to the drum walls experienced degradation which led
to inconsistent results with respect to dust penetration measurements.
Textile Test Methods Challenge
LIMITATIONS
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The tumble test method (in either configuration) lacks reliability to indicate size and
quantity of particle migration, and catalog and quantify degradation of the layers.
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The method is time and labor intensive. This is due to pre-test build-up, the limited
number of samples per test, and post-test clean-up and analysis.
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Current EPG designs consist of multiple layers of materials.
• **The proposed method should be able to test the materials as stacked up in their
designed multi-layer configuration.
Textile Test Methods Challenge
CRITERIA
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Provide a textile layup abrasion method capable of being performed with lunar or
Martian regolith simulants such as JSC 1a* or JSC MARS-1*.
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This method should be able to replicate the type of fiber degradation made to
the A7LB space suit after exposure to lunar dirt/dust. (See Scanning Electron
Microscope (SEM) data of Apollo 12 suits*)
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Indicate the size and quantity of particles that migrate through the different layers of
the EPG.
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Provide a clearly defined method to catalog and quantify degradation of the layers
including: cuts, abrasion, color changes, reduction in tear or tensile strength,
reduction in thermal insulation.
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Have a correlation between separate administrations of the test of 0.7 or higher.
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Have an absolute difference between two repeated test results that lies within a
probability of 95%.
* See the Challenge site for more information, including external NASA reference documents
Textile Test Methods Challenge
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Pay close attention to response deadline: December 3, 2015; 5pm Eastern US
WHY SOLUTION PROVIDERS
SHOULD BE INTERESTED
Textile Test Methods Challenge
THE OPPORTUNITY
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Cash prizes totaling up to $15,000
• Three top winners receiving $5,000 each
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Recognition of prizewinners by NASA!
• Published announcements
• Individual profile stories
CHALLENGE FAQs
CHALLENGE FAQs
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What about IP (Intellectual Property) and how am I protected?
• Respondents must submit non-confidential information
• Acceptance of prize grants NASA an unlimited royalty-free license to use
winning methodologies
• (See also Terms & Conditions)
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What is the best way to respond?
• Register and complete the online proposal template
• Note that posts on the Forum are not eligible responses
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What if I have only a partial solution?
• NASA is absolutely interested in innovations and approaches even if they can
address only part of the challenge.
CHALLENGE FAQs
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Role of NineSigma and NASA
• NineSigma has been contracted by the NASA Tournament Lab to run this
challenge and solicit responses.
• NASA will receive every eligible entry, and will solely determine winners.
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Will there be follow-on work beyond the contest?
• Open Innovation at NASA is intended to help NASA identify and connect with
new innovators. Additional follow-on work is possible, but would be subject to
regular Government Procurement procedures.
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I don’t really have a solution – just cool ideas for how to help NASA!
• All eligible submissions received by NineSigma will be submitted to NASA.
• However, you will maximize your chance of winning by being attentive to the
evaluation criteria stated in the Challenge Summary.
Q&A WITH CHALLENGE SPONSORS
» Live Q&A with NineSigma and Challenge Sponsors.
» Submit your questions via the chat box.
WEBINAR SPEAKERS:
Steve Rader
Lindsay Aitchison
Deputy Manager, CoECI
Space Suit Engineer
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
Dana Valish
Kevin Stark, PhD
Space Suit Engineer
Vice President
NASA, Johnson Space
Center
NineSigma
WHAT CAN YOU DO TODAY?
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VISIT THE CONTEST SITE:
• https://ninesights.ninesigma.com/web/nasa-EVA-test
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REGISTER:
to receive updates, view FAQ’s,
& join the community.
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STAY CONNECTED:
Visit the Challenge Forum
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SOLUTION PROVIDER HELP DESK:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1-216-283-3901
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SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL:
Deadline for submissions is
December 3, 2015 at 5pm Eastern Time US