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Fostering Visions for the Future: A Review of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (2009)
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Fostering Visions for the Future: A Review of the NASA Institute of Advanced Concepts

Extreme Expeditionary Architecture (EXP-Arch): Mobile, Adaptable Systems for Space and Earth Exploration

Formation Flying with Shepherd Satellites

High-Speed Interplanetary Tug/Cocoon Vehicles (HITVs)

High-Acceleration Micro-Scale Laser Sails for Interstellar Propulsion

Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch System

Lorentz-Actuated Orbits: Electrodynamic Propulsion Without a Tether

Low Cost Space Transportation Using Electron Spiral Toroid (EST) Propulsion

Lunar Space Elevators for Cislunar Space Development

Magnetized Beamed Plasma Propulsion (MagBeam)

Micro Asteroid Prospector Powered by Energetic Radioisotopes: MAPPER

Microbots for Large-Scale Planetary Surface and Subsurface Exploration

Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion, M2P2

Modular Laser Launch Architecture: Analysis and Beam Module Design

Modular Spacecraft with Integrated Structural Electrodynamic Propulsion

Multi-Mice: A Network of Interactive Nuclear Cryoprobes to Explore Ice Sheets on Mars and Europa

Optimal Navigation in a Plasma Medium

Planetary Exploration Using Biomimetics

Positron Propelled and Powered Space Transport Vehicle for Planetary Missions

Primary Propulsion for Piloted Deep Space Exploration

Propellantless Control of Spacecraft Swarms Using Coulomb Forces

Pulsed Plasma Power Generation

Rapid Manned Mars Mission with a Propagating Magnetic Wave Plasma Accelerator

Sailing the Planets: Science from Directed Aerial Robot Explorers

Scalable Flat-Panel Nano-Particle MEMS/NEMS Propulsion Technology for Space Exploration in the 21st Century

Self-Organized Navigation Control for Manned and Unmanned Vehicles in Space Colonies

Self-Transforming Robotic Planetary Explorers

Space Transport Development Using Orbital Debris

Spacecraft Propulsion Utilizing Ponderomotive Forces

System Architecture Development for a Self-Sustaining Lunar Colony

The Black Light Rocket Engine

The Magnetic Sail

The Mesicopter: A Meso-Scale Flight Vehicle

The Plasma Magnet

The Space Elevator

Ultrafast Laser-Driven Plasma for Space Propulsion

Ultralight Solar Sails for Interstellar Travel

Science

3D Viewing of Images on the Basis of 2D Images

A Deep Field Infrared Observatory near the Lunar Pole

A Self-Sustaining Boundary-Layer-Adapted System for Terrain Exploration and Environmental Sampling

Adaptive Observation Strategies for Advanced Weather Prediction

Assessment of the Feasibility of Extremely Large, Structureless Optical Telescopes and Arrays

An Ultra-High-Throughput X-Ray Astronomy Observatory with a New Mission Architecture

Architecture of Intelligent Earth Observation Satellite for Common Users in 2010-2050

Autonomous VTOL Scalable Logistics Architecture

Controlling the Global Weather

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