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Inspire the imagination, reinforce a passion for knowledgeand energize the creative spirit
NIAC’sNIAC’s ProcessProcess
Provide a pathway for revolutionary discoveries by innovators with the ability for non-linear, orthogonal creativity
PublicityPublicity Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs and Vigorous Scientific Reviewand Vigorous Scientific Review
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PublicityPublicity Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs and Vigorous Scientific Reviewand Vigorous Scientific Review
Masursky Award for Gentry LeeDragon Moon PressLA TimesArizona DailyNew ScientistSpaceRefThe Future of ThingsScienceNowEngadgetZdnetPhysorgYbanetDigitalSilence
GSFC Engineering ColloquiumMRTAIAA Aerospace AmericaSpace NewsSpace Talk ShowNOVAFutures ChannelDiscovery ChannelTechLINKS ExchangeCNNUSATodayAstronaut Hall of Fame for Jeff HoffmanOutlook Series
Publicity – October 2006 – February 2007
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“NASA 360” DVD being shown during lunch
Successful transition of NIAC concepts into NASA, DARPA, NRO and Private Industry
(Examples)
• Additional funding received
• Included in long range plans
• Intellectually accepted – subject of internal studies
Vision and creativity, plus a passion for what you do,
can make a difference
Lorentz-Actuated OrbitsMason Peck
Optics for the Study ofExtrasolar Terrestrial Planets
Neville Woolf
Mini-MagnetosphericPlasma Propulsion
Robert Winglee
TailoredForce Fields
Narayanan Komerath
Moon & Mars Orbiting SpinningTether Transport
Robert Hoyt
Global EnvironmentalMicro Sensors
John Manobianco
Planetary ExplorationUsing BiomimeticsAnthony Colozza
Solid State AircraftAnthony Colozza
New Worlds ImagerWebster Cash
AstronautBio-SuitSystem
Dava Newman
ElectromagneticFormation Flight
David Miller & Ray Sedwick
Global ConstellationOf Stratospheric
Scientific PlatformsKerry Nock
SpaceElevator
Bradley Edwards
SpaceElevatorGlobal Constellation
Of StratosphericScientific Platforms
ElectromagneticFormation
Flight
AstronautBio-SuitSystem
New Worlds Imager
Solid State Aircraft
Planetary ExplorationUsing Biomimetics
Global EnvironmentalMicro Sensors
Moon & Mars Orbiting SpinningTether Transport
TailoredForce Fields
Mini-MagnetosphericPlasma Propulsion
Optics for the Study ofExtrasolar Terrestrial PlanetsLorentz-Actuated Orbits
NIAC Student Fellows Prize (Funded by USRA)
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Paul SpudisJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Tuesday, March 61:30PM
Dr. Ronald TurnerANSER, Analytic Services, Inc.
Wednesday, March 78:30PM
Creativity and Imagination are necessities, not luxuries
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