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# NIAC 2024 Selections

### Loura Hall

Jan 04, 2024

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## Contents

              -  Phase II 
              -  Phase I 

## Phase II

**Edward Balaban**Fluidic Telescope (FLUTE): Enabling the Next Generation of Large Space Observatories*NASA ARC**Moffett Field, CA 94035-0001*2024 Phase II

**Brianna Clements**Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars *Howe Industries*Scottsdale, AZ 85260-0001 

**Mary Knapp**The Great Observatory for Long Wavelengths (GO-LoW) *MIT*Cambridge, MA 02139-4301 

**Stephen Polly**Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator *Rochester Institute of Technology*Rochester, NY 14623-0001 

**Ethan Schaler**FLOAT — Flexible Levitation on a Track *NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory*Pasadena, CA 91109-8001

**Mahmooda Sultana**ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE)*NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*Greenbelt, MD 20771-2400 

## Phase I

**Matthew McQuinn**Solar System-Scale VLBI to Dramatically Improve Cosmological Distance Measurements*University of Washington, Seattle*Seattle, Washington 98195-10002024 Phase I

****Kenneth******Carpenter**A Lunar Long-Baseline Optical Imaging Interferometer: Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI)*NASA Goddard Space Flight Center*Greenbelt, MD 20771-24002024 Phase I

****Alvaro******Romero-Calvo**Magnetohydrodynamic Drive for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production in Mars Transfer*Georgia Tech Research Corporation*Atlanta, Georgia 30332-00012024 Phase I

****James******Bickford**Thin Film Isotope Nuclear Engine Rocket (TFINER)*Charles Stark Draper Laboratory*Cambridge, MA 02139-35392024 Phase I

****Ge-Cheng******Zha**Mars Aerial and Ground Global Intelligent Explorer (MAGGIE)*Coflow Jet, LLC*Cutler Bay, Florida 33190-00002024 Phase I

****Steven******Benner**Add-on to Large-scale Water Mining Operations on Mars to Screen for Introduced and Alien Life*Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution*Alachua, Florida 32615-95442024 Phase I

**Lynn****Rothschild**Detoxifying Mars: The Biocatalytic Elimination of Omnipresent Perchlorates*NASA Ames Research Center (ARC)*Moffett Field, California 94035-10002024 Phase I

****Thomas******Eubanks**Swarming Proxima Centauri: Coherent Picospacecraft Swarms Over Interstellar Distances*Space Initiatives, Inc.*Titusville, Florida 327802024 Phase I

****Beijia******Zhang**LIFA: Lightweight Fiber-based Antenna for Small Sat-Compatible Radiometry*Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Lincoln Laboratory*Lexington, MA 024212024 Phase I

****Ryan******Sprenger**A Revolutionary Approach to Interplanetary Space Travel: Studying Torpor in Animals for Space-health in Humans (STASH)*Fauna Bio Inc.*Newark, California 94560-10002024 Phase I

****Geoffrey******Landis**Sample Return from the Surface of Venus*NASA Glenn Research Center*Cleveland, Ohio 44135-31272024 Phase I

****Peter******Cabauy**Autonomous Tritium Micropowered Sensors*City Labs, Inc.*Miami, Florida 33186-64012024 Phase I

**Aaswath Pattabhi Raman**Electro-luminescently Cooled Zero-boil-off Propellant Depots Enabling Crewed Exploration of Mars*University of California, Los Angeles*Los Angeles, California 90095-83572024 Phase I

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