NIAC Vision

The 20th century heralded breaking the bonds with Earth with controlled, powered flight and the great leap into space. To some extent, the 20th century's plateau of human accomplishment in flight and space travel was seeded over the last few hundred years by dedicated explorers of nature on a scale as large as the universe and as small as the smallest atomic particle.

The 21st century will build on the last century's explosion of scientific creativity and discovery ranging from the atom to the cosmos

Inspiring revolutionary advanced concepts begins with a foundation of creative and innovative thinking extending throughout and beyond the traditional aerospace communities. NIAC seeks to encourage a broad cross-section of innovators and seeks to inspire unbridled thinking across age groups

NIAC nurtures a diverse cross-section of innovative researchers in established and emerging technical disciplines, providing highly visible technical leadership and support to researchers creating paradigm-changing concepts. NIAC then orchestrate the open analyses of these concepts by NASA and the technical community at large.