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VIDEO-Nasa Unveils Futuristic Designs>Explore New Worlds
Submarines on Titan and Giant Nets to Capture Asteroids: Nasa Unveils 12 Futuristic Designs that Could Help Explore New Worlds
Will the next amazing technology to explore the solar system and beyond be an advanced telescope, a high-speed mission to Neptune, or something else entirely? With that question in mind, Nasa has selected 12 advanced proposals for further study in the first phase of its 2014 Nasa Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) programme. The goal of NIAC is to turn science fiction into science fact through pioneering technology development - and the ideas will now be given funding to try and bring them to fruition. Scroll down for video Nasa has revealed 12 concepts for future space travel and cosmic science as part of its Nasa Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) programme. This includes a proposal to snag an asteroid with a net to prep it for further study (illustration shown) The selected proposals cover a wide range of imaginative concepts, including a submarine to explore the methane lakes of Titan and a concept to safely capture a tumbling asteroid. It is hoped the seedling investments may provide the breakthrough technologies needed to support Nasa’s plans for exploration beyond low-Earth orbit, into deep space, and even on to Mars. These initial 12 proposals will be studied for nine months before Nasa then selects which ideas to study for a further two years. 'The latest NIAC selections include a number of exciting concepts for planetary exploration,' said Michael Gazarik, NASA's associate administrator for the Space Technology Mission Directorate in Washington. 'We are working with innovators around the nation to transform the future of aerospace, while also focusing our investments on concepts to address challenges of current interests both in space and here on Earth.' The proposals range from exploration concepts for use within our solar system to new techniques to advance existing experimental technologies. Illustrated here is a proposal to send an autonomous submarine into Titan's largest sea, Kraken Mare, to see what is 'underwater' Nasa's Space Technology Mission Directorate chose this year's proposals based on their potential to transform future aerospace missions. All of them plan to do this by enabling either entirely new missions or breakthroughs in future aerospace capabilities that could accelerate progress toward Nasa's goals. NIAC Phase I awards are approximately £60,000 ($100,000), providing awardees the funding needed to conduct a nine-month initial definition and analysis study of their concepts. If the basic feasibility studies are successful, proposers can apply for Phase II awards, which provide up to £300,000 ($500,000) for two more years of concept development. Quote:
One of the most interesting proposals is the Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (Herts), illustrated here. This would use electrically biased wires to harness the energy of the sun and accelerate to speeds of more than 430 miles (700 kilometres) a second, enough to travel from the sun to neptune in just a year 'The 2014 NIAC Phase I candidates were outstanding, which made final selections decisions particularly difficult,' said NIAC Program Executive Jay Falker. 'So we considered various kinds of potential benefit and risk, and developed this portfolio to really push boundaries and explore new approaches, which is what makes NIAC unique.' The visionary, long-term concepts for technological advancements were assessed based on their potential value to future agency space missions and operational needs. The projects are chosen through a peer-review process that evaluates their potential, technical approach, as well as benefits, for study in a timely manner. But although many of the concepts are promising they are only that, concepts, and are still many years from implementation. Robotic drones might be gaining popularity on Earth, but one proposal suggests we could also deploy them on Titan. These could be used to cover vast expanses of the surface and return a lot of useful science, including not only images of the surface but also mapping data for future missions Europe's Rosetta Probe will Orbit and Land on a Comet .
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Re: VIDEO-Nasa Unveils Futuristic Designs>Explore New Worlds
I thought the USA sold the space station to Russia and now Russia is not letting the USA near it, use it and not going to help get them up off earth.
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