Each project will get up to $600,000 over two years to continue developing the concepts.
These initiatives include a scheme to allow astronauts to manufacture their own medications in orbit and a plan to eliminate asteroids that pose a hazard to Earth, according to a press release by the U.S. Space Agency.
Only six were chosen for Phase II, and they will each get up to $600,000 over the course of two years to continue developing their concepts. USNC-Tech intends to create a radioisotope-electric spacecraft design that can travel at astounding speeds of between 50 and 100 km/s. The Phase II NIAC expands on the viability of Phase I by concentrating on logistical adjustments such as supply chain, regulatory launch approval, assembly, integration, and test while simultaneously carrying out the Phase I maturation plan.It will finish producing a radioisotope on a modest lab scale and get ready for a demonstration of the radioisotope on a larger size later on.
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