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NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology

Posted by michael on from the thinking-different dept.

Michael Huang writes "Wired News profiles the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC), the $4 million-a-year agency most famous for Bradley Edwards' study of the space elevator. Lesser known studies include weather control, shape-shifting space suits and antimatter-powered probes to Alpha Centauri. Remember, 'if it's not risky, it's not going to get funded'."

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  1. What? by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    NASA is getting into space things? That's odd.

    1. Re:What? by linzeal · · Score: 5, Funny
      Nasa getting into sci-fi would be like the US Military getting into video games, never going to happen.

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  2. Be honest... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Be honest, you were outraged to hear that funding was given to wacky pseudo-science projects, weren't you?

    1. Re:Be honest... by Reorax · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was outraged to hear that funding was given to their wacky pseudo-science projects. Still nothing for my magnetic levitation air-hockey table.

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  3. Reminds me of a quote by jafo · · Score: 5, Funny

    This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes, by Gordon Moore: "If everything you try works, you're not trying hard enough."

    Sean

  4. Do they have 500 Altairan dollars for by Intocabile · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. for the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6? Or is that not risky enough?

  5. Heh... by Burgundy+Advocate · · Score: 4, Funny
    Re-fund Orion.

    ...then Superfund the United States!

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  6. Re:I hope they keep their funding... by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buckminster Fuller. Now that guy had balls.

  7. A modest proposal by icekillis · · Score: 4, Funny

    A modest proposal: Instead of just posting an article every time a Wired Article comes out, slashdot should just made a special section feeding everything from Wired.