3 Extreme New Mission Concepts

The video discusses NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, which funds futuristic space exploration projects. It highlights three projects: Project Rama, which aims to turn asteroids into spaceships using 3D printing; a mission to explore icy moons like Europa with robots; and a fusion-powered mission to Pluto that could reduce travel time. These projects, while still conceptual, push the boundaries of current space exploration capabilities.

What is the goal of Project Rama?

How does the Journey to the Center of Icy Moons project plan to explore subsurface oceans?

What challenges are associated with communicating underwater in the icy moons exploration?

What unique energy source is proposed for the Fusion Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander?

Why is it important to research extreme mission concepts like asteroid spaceships?