We're going back to NIAC, this week on Planetary Radio.

I'm Sarah Alhamed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

Last week I shared some fantastic conversations from the 2023 NASA Innovative Advanced Concept

Symposium, or NIAC, which was held in Houston, Texas.

In this episode, you'll hear from more NIAC fellows about their big ideas for the future

space exploration.

You'll also hear my interview with Michael Point and John Nelson, the NIAC program executive

and deputy program executive.

Then we'll check in with Bruce Betz, our chief scientist for WhatsApp, and we'll learn

more about his favorite space conferences.

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The NASA Innovative Advanced Concept Program cultivates groundbreaking ideas with the potential

to revolutionize NASA's future endeavors.

I took a trip to this year's annual NIAC Symposium, held from September 19th to 21st.

It was hosted in the Hilton, Houston, NASA, Clear Lake Hotel, and Houston, Texas.

For three days, I got to host the events webcast and meet the people behind the proposal

The NIAC program supports a wide range of mission concepts and technologies.

For our refresher, NIAC encourages submissions from a broad spectrum of academic and commercial

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