NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies
NASA Awards 2025 Innovative Technology Concept Studies
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The early-stage projects are:
* Constellation of spacecraft powered by the Helicity Drive
* LUNGS (Lunar Glass Structure)
* LEAP (Legged Exploration Across the Plume)
* EVE (Exploring Venus with Electrolysis)
* SUPREME-QG: Space-borne Ultra-Precise Measurement of the Equivalence Principle Signature of Quantum Gravity
* Hy2PASS (Hydrogen Hybrid Power for Aviation Sustainable Systems)
* Construction Assembly Destination
* The Ribbon: Structure Free Sail for Solar Polar Observation
* PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR
* TOBIAS: Tethered Observatory for Balloon-based Imaging and Atmospheric Sampling
* Beholding Black Hole Power with the Accretion Explorer Interferometer
* Inflatable Starshade for Earthlike Exoplanets
* MitoMars: Targeted Mitochondria Replacement Therapy to Boost Deep Space Endurance
* Dynamically Stable Large Space Structures via Architected Metamaterials
* Thermo-Photo-Catalysis of Water for Crewed Mars Transit Spacecraft Oxygen Supply
You can find links to each of the proposals in the article or in the [official announcement](https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-2025-selections/).
How long will this glass structure last on the Moon if even the high quality glass of the ISS Cupola module is full of scratches due to micrometeorites even though the crew keeps them behind shields most of the time?