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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. Re:Science fiction inevitably becomes fact... by ThomasFlip · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well now that I think about it, I'm sure that one day a jewish graduate from MIT will figure out how to upload a virus onto an Alien mother ship's computer system and save earth. That doesn't sound so far fetched after all.

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