NASA funds 18 futuristic concepts including Saturn femtosat swarm
NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts program has selected 18 proposals for Phase I funding, totaling $3.2 million. The ideas include a swarm of 10,000 tiny spacecraft for Saturn, Venus-hardened explorers, and space dust for solar shading. Each project will receive up to $175,000 for a nine-month feasibility study.
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