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The Advanced Concepts Team - part of the European Space Research and Technology Centre - would like to hear from research institues and academic departments
Ariadna is the nam of the initiative whereby concepts for the advance of mankind in space, be it faster travel by new propulsion methods, new methods of getting equipment into orbit, substituting organic parts for metal/plastic parts in the craft, cryogenics and alternatives for preservation, and investigation into changes in structure of objects for easier passage through space.
Please look at
http://www.esa.int/gsp/act/ariadna.html
Proposals are being taken, and upon successful feasibility tests, grants will be awarded depending on the time envisaged to let the contract run its course.
Ariadna is the nam of the initiative whereby concepts for the advance of mankind in space, be it faster travel by new propulsion methods, new methods of getting equipment into orbit, substituting organic parts for metal/plastic parts in the craft, cryogenics and alternatives for preservation, and investigation into changes in structure of objects for easier passage through space.
Please look at
http://www.esa.int/gsp/act/ariadna.html
Proposals are being taken, and upon successful feasibility tests, grants will be awarded depending on the time envisaged to let the contract run its course.