Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), is releasing this Request for Information (RFI) on behalf of the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) as first step to inform all interested parties of intentions of the CSA to acquire services for the development of concepts for robotics interfaces to be used as part of the ''Deep Space Exploration Robotics'' initiative or ''DSXR''. These ''Gateway External Robotics Interfaces'' or ''GERI'' were identified by the CSA as critical components of a possible DSXR contribution to the future international space station set to orbit the moon.
The prime objective of this RFI is to obtain information that will assist PWGSC and the CSA in refining the subsequent Request for Proposal (RFP) that would be issued by PWGSC to contract for such ''Phase A'' work.
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