Bleeding Edge--NIAC Chooses 12 New Out There Projects

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🗓️ 12 August 2013

⏱️ 31 minutes

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They might be happy if one in ten of the projects they fund makes it in the real world…because that project just might change the world. We talk with Jay Falker, Program Executive for the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program about 12 crazy and not so crazy ideas that have just received early seed funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The leading edge of science and technology this week on planetary radio. Radio.
0:20.0	Welcome to the Travel Show that takes you to the Final Frontier. I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society.
0:22.0	We return to the NASA Innovative I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society.
0:22.8	We return to the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program that has just given early funding
0:28.5	to 12 fascinating projects that excite the imagination.
0:33.0	Nyak Program Executive Jay Falco is our guest.
0:36.0	We've also got Bill Nye, Bruce Betts,
0:38.0	and the Planetary Society Senior Editor Emily Lachowala,
0:42.0	who joins us right now.
0:43.6	Emily, it's a topic that we already talked about a little bit last week, but it seems that this
0:48.4	one-year anniversary of curiosity has ignited a little bit of criticism. I won't say a firestorm. I don't think it's
0:55.5	that strong. But you answer it in a recent blog entry. It might even be too strong to call it criticism,
1:01.2	but I do have scientists talking to me about what does
1:03.6	curiosity accomplish so far anyway and the fact of the matter is it's been on
1:07.8	Mars for a year and has driven about a kilometer and a half right now about a
1:12.2	mile and has drilled two holes and they've got four
1:15.3	scientific publications so those are the statistics which doesn't seem all that
1:19.3	impressive for one year but of course you know that they've been doing an awful lot of work. They've
1:24.4	been getting this incredibly complex machine to operate on Mars and now they are
1:29.1	off for their journey toward the mountain and we have so much great science to look forward to.
1:34.0	You point out something and I had no idea that this was the case that apparently good old
1:38.0	opportunity is a smarter driver than curiosity?
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