NASA COMPETITION REWARDS THE BOLDEST PROPOSALS FOR SPACE
Engineers must think big to push forwards our adventures in aerospace, but also need funds to develop their big ideas. NASA’s NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program rewards the most innovative ideas for future space technologies with grants of up to US$2m for development. Ideas can be based on technology that has not yet been invented – but the proposer must be able to defend the project scientifically.
Robot reaches where others cannot go
Rovers such as Opportunity and Perseverance have left kilometres of wheel tracks in the red dust of Mars, but they cannot access locations such as
