NASA Seeks Geniuses and Visionaries

Posted by Zonk on Sunday December 18, 2005 @08:33AM from the plenty-of-those-around-here,-right? dept.

Dotnaught writes "The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts has put out a call for 'revolutionary ideas to advance the Vision for Space Exploration.' Would-be visionaries are invited to submit their ideas by February 13, 2006, as explained in this Call for Proposals. Phase 1 grants range from $50K to $75K. Phase 2 grants go up to $400K. Sample grand visions include how to create a 'self-sustaining, human presence throughout the solar system' and 'truly autonomous robotic operations for exploration and habitation.'" If any Slash users end up with the grants, we call dibs on interviews.

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This is the sort of thing we were trained for. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-18 08:53 · Score: 5, Interesting

I'm an astrophysicist, currently not working in academia. This is the sort of thing we dream of - the opportunity to pitch our ideas to someone who is interested in and understands the value of science.

I once had a high tech compnay tell me they "didn't have much call for physics", I didn't have the heart to tell them it was physics than made their computers work and not magic.

I know I'll be working on my ideas to submit. Thanks for the chance NASA!