12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
...made through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, could see the space agency transforming the ...what fit in our budget was difficult,” said Jason Derleth, NIAC program executive. “We hope each new study will push boundaries and explore...
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk brought high drama and a remarkable vision of the future to the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) being held in the Mexican ‘Silicon Valley’ city of Guadalaraja this week. Musk took centre stage on Tuesday to ...
16 May 2016
NASA Invests in the Future of Technological Development
..., introduce new capabilities, and significantly improve current approaches to building and operating aerospace systems. “The NIAC program is one of the ways NASA engages the U.S. scientific and engineering communities, including agency civil servants...
17 December 2018
Innovative mission to view the surface of exoplanets using small sats
... board at the moment but has been awarded $130,000 from Phase II of NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program to help develop the proposal over a two year period. But if the mission got the go ahead, then...
