NASA has selected 18 projects for its Innovative Advanced Concepts program, awarding $3.2 million in total to explore transformative space technologies. Ideas include launching 10,000 tiny spacecraft to Saturn, lunar cave-mapping robots, and radioisotope-heated spacesuits. Each winner receives up to $175,000 for a nine-month feasibility study.
NASA funds 18 futuristic space ideas including Saturn femtosats
Source: Space