Inspire the imagination, reinforce a passion for knowledgeand energize the creative spirit

NIAC’sNIAC’s ProcessProcess

Provide a pathway for revolutionary discoveries by innovators with the ability for non-linear, orthogonal creativity

PublicityPublicity Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs and Vigorous Scientific Reviewand Vigorous Scientific Review

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PublicityPublicity Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs Stimulates Inspiration for Revolutionary Breakthroughs and Vigorous Scientific Reviewand Vigorous Scientific Review

Masursky Award for Gentry LeeDragon Moon PressLA TimesArizona DailyNew ScientistSpaceRefThe Future of ThingsScienceNowEngadgetZdnetPhysorgYbanetDigitalSilence

GSFC Engineering ColloquiumMRTAIAA Aerospace AmericaSpace NewsSpace Talk ShowNOVAFutures ChannelDiscovery ChannelTechLINKS ExchangeCNNUSATodayAstronaut Hall of Fame for Jeff HoffmanOutlook Series

Publicity – October 2006 – February 2007

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“NASA 360” DVD being shown during lunch

Successful transition of NIAC concepts into NASA, DARPA, NRO and Private Industry

(Examples)

• Additional funding received

• Included in long range plans

• Intellectually accepted – subject of internal studies

Vision and creativity, plus a passion for what you do,

can make a difference

Lorentz-Actuated OrbitsMason Peck

Optics for the Study ofExtrasolar Terrestrial Planets

Neville Woolf

Mini-MagnetosphericPlasma Propulsion

Robert Winglee

TailoredForce Fields

Narayanan Komerath

Moon & Mars Orbiting SpinningTether Transport

Robert Hoyt

Global EnvironmentalMicro Sensors

John Manobianco

Planetary ExplorationUsing BiomimeticsAnthony Colozza

Solid State AircraftAnthony Colozza

New Worlds ImagerWebster Cash

AstronautBio-SuitSystem

Dava Newman

ElectromagneticFormation Flight

David Miller & Ray Sedwick

Global ConstellationOf Stratospheric

Scientific PlatformsKerry Nock

SpaceElevator

Bradley Edwards

SpaceElevatorGlobal Constellation

Of StratosphericScientific Platforms

ElectromagneticFormation

Flight

AstronautBio-SuitSystem

New Worlds Imager

Solid State Aircraft

Planetary ExplorationUsing Biomimetics

Global EnvironmentalMicro Sensors

Moon & Mars Orbiting SpinningTether Transport

TailoredForce Fields

Mini-MagnetosphericPlasma Propulsion

Optics for the Study ofExtrasolar Terrestrial PlanetsLorentz-Actuated Orbits

NIAC Student Fellows Prize (Funded by USRA)

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Paul SpudisJohns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab

Tuesday, March 61:30PM

Dr. Ronald TurnerANSER, Analytic Services, Inc.

Wednesday, March 78:30PM

Creativity and Imagination are necessities, not luxuries