Fostering Visions for the Future: A Review of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts by Committee to Review the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts
English | October 21, 2009 | ISBN: 030914051X | 90 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | October 21, 2009 | ISBN: 030914051X | 90 pages | PDF | 2 MB
The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) was formed in 1998 to provide an independent source of advanced aeronautical and space concepts that could dramatically impact how NASA develops and conducts its missions. Until the program's termination in August 2007, NIAC provided an independent open forum, a high-level point of entry to NASA for an external community of innovators, and an external capability for analysis and definition of advanced aeronautics and space concepts to complement the advanced concept activities conducted within NASA. Throughout its 9-year existence, NIAC inspired an atmosphere for innovation that stretched the imagination and encouraged creativity.