Quinn MorleyMay 233 minSave Mars Sample Return With In-Situ Radioisotope Sterilization of SamplesThe NASA Mars Sample Return (MSR) program is in jeopardy. Congress has rejected the $11 billion price tag (three times the original...
Quinn MorleySep 25, 20231 minCLOVER: Capillary Low-Gravity GroundcoverOur 2023 Phase I concept centered around the use of modified clover plants to harvest water out of the air, enabling large-scale lunar...
Quinn MorleyAug 20, 20225 minTitanAir: Searching for Life in a Raindrop on Another PlanetAnyone who has ever flown on a rainy day is familiar with the way raindrops dance on the windows of an airplane in flight. In fact,...
Quinn MorleyAug 25, 20212 minACTION: Advanced Capture and Transport Integrated deOrbiting NanosatRead the 3-page white paper here. The ACTION (Advanced Capture and Transport Integrated deOrbiting Nanosat) mission concept is a novel...
Quinn MorleyAug 2, 20211 minBorebots: Tetherless Deep Drilling into the Mars South Polar Layered DepositsDeep drilling is one of the single-most important technologies of 21st century space exploration. From subsurface ocean exploration on...
Quinn MorleyMay 1, 20205 minHow-To: Get your Idea Funded by NASA (Really!)Note: the content on this page is out of date and has been supersceded by https://niacfellows.com/ Did you know that NASA has an office...