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F Three NIAC Phase II Projects Infused into NASA's Long-Term Plans
Pages 65-71

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From page 65...
... system, proposed by Robert Winglee and John Slough of the University of Washington, was funded in 1998 as a Phase I effort followed by a Phase II effort in 1999 (Figure F-1)
From page 66...
... The modeling was detailed and led to the amount of solar wind deflection with dipole tilt and the total force imparted onto the M2P2. On the basis of these detailed calculations and the development of a laboratory prototype, a Phase II award was made.
From page 67...
... In addition, both the simulations and the experimental results showed that this same type of magnetic field perturbation was able to deflect plasma at large distances and produce observable effects all the way into the throat of an external plasma source. These results were all strong indicators that the inflation of a mini-magnetosphere was achieved and that the closed magnetic field geometry of M2P2 provides an efficient means for deflecting external plasma winds at much greater distances than could be accomplished by a magnet alone.
From page 68...
... Initial tests of a prototype xray interferometer were performed with additional NASA support at the Marshall Space Flight Center and demonstrated an angular resolution of 100 milli-arcseconds, a factor-of-5 improvement over the best previous results. In 2000 Cash's "X-ray Interferometry" proposal was selected by NIAC for Phase II funding.
From page 69...
... FIGURE F-5 The x-ray interferometry approach to imaging the event horizon of a black hole is one of the methods being pursued by NASA for its Black Hole Imager mission. SOURCE: NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts, 5th Annual Report (2002-2003)
From page 70...
... With the completion of the NIAC Phase II study, NASA has provided significant additional support for Cash's occulter concept, and it is now one of the competitive concepts for the Terrestrial Planet Finder program. In addition, both Ball Aerospace Corporation and Northrop Grumman Corporation have made internal investments to further develop the concept in conjunction with Cash and the rest of his team.
From page 71...
... A telescope placed in the right location can image the surrounding planetary system without glare from the central star. SOURCE: Webster Cash, The New Worlds Imager, Final Report to the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts for Phase I Study, NIAC Phase I study report, 2005.


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