For nine years, innovative space concepts such as an "elevator" to orbit, anti-matter propulsion and next-generation spacesuits made science headlines and captured the public's imagination, thanks to support from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). Budget constraints closed the institute in 2007, but now NIAC is in the news again with the release of a report by the National Research Council that urges NASA to reopen it.For three years, The Futures Channel produced and shared with teachers and students short documentaries about NIAC researchers and their visionary projects to help inform and inspire our future workforce. These videos were viewed by hundreds of thousands of students in math and science classrooms across the country. With NIAC back on the table, we think it's a good time to re-visit some of these past projects and imagine what the future could bring.
Watch the NIAC Movies!
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