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NIAC Contour Crafting
Published on May 14, 2014
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NIAC Contour Crafting, Robotic construction of Lunar and Martian infrastructure. A NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) project. USC Center for Rapid Automated Fabrication Technologies (CRAFT).
Is suspended animation possible? Can we 3D print whole structures on the moon? How about swimming the ocean of Europa?
Maybe...
Join NASA 360 as we take a look at NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC).
NIAC nurtures visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions with the creation of breakthroughs — radically better or entirely new aerospace concepts — while engaging America's innovators and entrepreneurs as partners in the journey.
https://youtu.be/HjhPqE3hUzs
Robotic bees designed to explore Mars
Mar 12, 2020
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Bee-lieve it or not NASA could send a swarm of robot bees to the Red Planet. Researchers are taking inspiration from the insect world to develop Marsbee, a bold new idea that could enhance the exploration of Mars.
https://youtu.be/nkimUw3GqLQ
Hopping robot concept to explore frozen ocean worlds
Jun 24, 2020
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NASA is researching a hopping robot that can easily navigate the harsh glacier-like terrain on icy worlds in our solar system. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
NASA 360 takes a look at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) called S.P.A.R.R.O.W., a revolutionary approach to exploring frozen ocean worlds. To learn more visit: https://go.nasa.gov/37XZpqc
To watch the in-depth presentation about this topic please visit the 2018 NIAC Symposium Livestream site: https://bit.ly/38VP6TL
This video represents a research study within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. NIAC is a visionary and far-reaching aerospace program, one that has the potential to create breakthrough technologies for possible future space missions. However, such early stage technology developments may never become actual NASA missions.