SoylentNews

AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

NASA has selected 12 proposals, including three from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, which aims to turn science fiction into fact through pioneering technology development.

The selected proposals cover a wide range of imaginative concepts, including:
-- a submarine to explore the methane lakes of Titan;
-- using neutrinos to perform measurements for the icy moons of the outer planets; and,
-- a concept to safely capture a tumbling asteroid, space debris, and other applications.

Seedling investments may provide the breakthrough technologies needed to support NASA's plans for exploration beyond low-Earth orbit, into deep space and to Mars, as outlined in the Evolvable Mars Campaign.

http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/june/2014-nasa-advanced-technology-phase-i-concepts-selected-for-study/ [nasa.gov]

---

Original Submission