NIAC 2026
NASA 於 2026 年 7 月公布了 18 項 NIAC(NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts)2026 Phase I 概念研究,每項獲得約 22.5 萬美元、為期 9 個月的可行性研究經費。這些研究仍屬於前瞻概念,不是已核准的 NASA 任務
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-2026-innovative-technology-concepts/ A.C. Charania, Zeno Power Systems, Inc., Washington:
Extended Astronaut Radioisotope-EVA in Nighttime and Deep-space Icy Landscapes (EARENDIL)
Anish Damodaran, University of Central Florida, Orlando: PS21: Transforming Submillimeter Space Interferometry with Photonic Technologies
Artur Davoyan, University of California, Los Angeles: Coilable Stacked Solar Sails for Very High delta-V Missions
Daniel Drew, University of Hawaii, Honolulu: Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK)
Gilly Elor, Stone Aerospace, Inc., Del Valle, Texas: Power-over-Fiber to Enable a Lunar Underground eXplorer (LUX)
Zhaoyan Liu, NASA Ames Research Center, California’s Silicon Valley: Quantum Wind Lidar Applications for Planetary and Earth Science Missions
Jeff Nosanov, Orbital Velocity, LLC, Decatur, Georgia: OBLIVIAN: Observing Black hole LIght Via Intensity cOrrelatioN (OBLIVIAN)
Keunhan Park, University of Utah, Salt Lake City: Plasmon-Enhanced Radioisotope Thermophotovoltaic (PRTPV) Power Generation for Interstellar Missions
Austin Phoenix, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia: Efficient variable Conductivity Lunar Insulator for Passive Surveyor Environmental Control (ECLIPSE)
Marco Quadrelli, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: PRAXIS: Planetary Rings Autonomous EXploration with In-situ Sampling (PRAXIS)
Michael Rubenstein, Northwestern University, Chicago: Actively Steerable Femtosat Constellations for In-situ Exploration of Saturn’s Rings, Atmosphere, and Magnetosphere
Benjamin Schafer, Rarefied Technologies Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico: : Photophoretic Tracers for Near-Space Remote Sensing at 30-100 km Altitudes
David Smith, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina: Robotically Assembled Electromagnetic Metamaterials for Long-Range Space Situational Awareness
Pablo Sobron, Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, California: Interworld Slingshot Resource Surveys
Paul Stankus, Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, New York: Mapping Alien Continents: Achieving Optical VLBI for Exoplanet Imaging
Paul Stankus, Brookhaven Science Associates, Upton, New York: Precision Astrometry Using Optically Independent Spacecraft for Gravitational Wave Detection
LUX (Lunar Underground eXplorer) Stone Aerospace 光纖供電探測月球熔岩洞穴
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https://familystar.org.tw/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=45&topic=41416.0DimSun NASA JPL 利用可控制塵埃雲降低地球接收的太陽輻射(太陽輻照管理概念): Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California: Dimming the Sun Using Controllable Dust Cloud to Reduce Solar Insolation (DimSun)
CANVAS NASA JPL 可在金星長時間生存的飛行器/平台 :
David Bugby, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Combinatory Architecture offering Neomobility, on-Venus Adaptability, and Survivability (CANVAS)
Saturn Ring Swarm 多所研究機構 約一萬顆微衛星組成星群,立體測繪土星環
Interstellar Precursor Concepts 多個團隊 星際探測相關新型推進與航行技術
Exoplanet Observatory Concepts 多個團隊 下一代系外行星直接成像技術
Advanced Space Propulsion 多個團隊 新型電推進、核推進與深空航行概念
Lunar Infrastructure 多個團隊 Artemis 後續月球基地建設技術
Planetary Robotics 多個團隊 極端環境自主探測機器人
Extreme Environment Aircraft 多個團隊 金星、土衛六等高壓/低溫環境飛行器
Novel Telescope Systems 多個團隊 新型大型太空望遠鏡與光學架構
Space Manufacturing 多個團隊 太空原位製造與組裝技術
In-situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) 多個團隊 月球與小行星資源利用
Advanced Communications 多個團隊 深空光通訊與新型通訊架構
Asteroid Exploration Concepts 多個團隊 小行星探測與採樣技術
Radiation Protection 多個團隊 深空輻射防護技術
Autonomous Swarm Systems 多個團隊 大規模自主協同探測器
Next-generation Mission Architectures 多個團隊 未來大型太空任務的新架構
Solid-state Propulsion for Autonomous Reconnaissance of Karst (SPARK) :Daniel Drew, University of Hawaii, Honolulu:
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https://familystar.org.tw/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=45&topic=41506.0幾個最受媒體關注的計畫
1. LUX(月球地下探測器)
利用光纖同時供電與通訊。探索月球熔岩管,評估未來人類基地的可能位置。
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https://familystar.org.tw/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=45&topic=41416.02. DimSun
在地月系統部署可控制的塵埃雲,略微降低到達地球的太陽能量。
屬於太陽輻射管理(Solar Radiation Management)的前瞻研究,而非近期實施方案。
3. CANVAS
全名 Combinatory Architecture offering Neomobility, on-Venus Adaptability, and Survivability。
研究可在約 460°C、90 個大氣壓的金星環境中長時間運作的飛行平台。
4. 土星環微衛星群
構想發射約 10,000 顆超小型衛星,在土星環內外協同飛行。
目標是建立土星環的三維結構圖,研究其形成與演化。
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