Physics Professor and WSI Affiliate Nick Solomey has been awarded a NASA NIAC Phase
II Grant (for $500,000 over two years) to continue his research into a mission proposal
for studying the solar interior.
According to Solomey, this new grant will allow for the continuation of research initiated
under a Phase I grant, but now instead of just doing simulations studies he will be
able to:
Build a test detector in the lab and test it with cosmic rays and sources (this lab
prototype will become part of a future cube sat space test mission or maybe a short
stay on ISS that would need another grant once it works well in the lab).
Do a design study for cost, time and trajectory with the Advanced Concept office at
MSFC with our WSU AE part of the group working together.
A science mission study, how much data is needed to do a first attempt at enough data
to do the various science goals.
