{"id":16793,"date":"2018-09-26T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16793"},"modified":"2018-09-26T02:03:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T06:03:38","slug":"videos-leading-edge-space-technologies-presented-at-the-2018-niac-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16793","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Leading edge space technologies presented at the 2018 NIAC Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the latest leading edge technology ideas presented this week by winners of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/niac\/index.html\">NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program<\/a> grants at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/niac-symposium\">2018 NIAC Symposium<\/a> underway in Boston till Thursday. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/atoms\/files\/niac_agenda_2018_symposium_boston.pdf\">agenda (pdf)<\/a> lists the talks and you can watch the presentations at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/viewnow\/NIAC2018\">NIAC 2018 Livestream<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below are videos of three of the sessions on Tuesday. The presenters included, for example, Ryan Weed of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.positrondynamics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Positron Dynamics<\/a>\u00a0on antimatter catalyzed fusion propulsion, Stephanie Thomas of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psatellite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princeton Satellite Systems<\/a>\u00a0on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psatellite.com\/technology\/fusion\/\">plasma magnetic fusion propulsion<\/a> design, and James Woodward of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Studies Institute<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Woodward_effect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mach Effect<\/a> drive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1537941238\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/7167144\/events\/8198325\/videos\/180757777\/player?width=500&amp;height=282&amp;enableInfo=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1537941280\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/7167144\/events\/8198325\/videos\/180771871\/player?width=500&amp;height=282&amp;enableInfo=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"ls_embed_1537941471\" src=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/accounts\/7167144\/events\/8198325\/videos\/180776356\/player?width=500&amp;height=282&amp;enableInfo=true&amp;defaultDrawer=&amp;autoPlay=false&amp;mute=false\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video from Princeton Satellite Systems describes their fusion propulsion design:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hggqvB5I95I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=1250098963&amp;asins=1250098963&amp;linkId=06b5268baad8fe2fe8d39baba17fb36c&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the latest leading edge technology ideas presented this week by winners of NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program grants at the 2018 NIAC Symposium underway in Boston till Thursday. The agenda (pdf) lists the talks and you can watch the presentations at the\u00a0NIAC 2018 Livestream. Below are videos of three of the sessions &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16793\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Videos: Leading edge space technologies presented at the 2018 NIAC Symposium<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,9,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-future","category-science-and-technology","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4mR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13090,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=13090","url_meta":{"origin":16793,"position":0},"title":"Videos: Presentations at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) symposium","author":"TopSpacer","date":"August 26, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program held its annual NIAC Symposium this week in Raleigh, North Carolina. 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