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Cool idea, very ambitious, is there any prior research or feasible testing setup that would support getting from 0 to 1 with this?
by heyitsguay 2y ago
Cool idea, very ambitious, is there any prior research or feasible testing setup that would support getting from 0 to 1 with this?
- gessha 2y agoI believe this is a program to prototype technology that has already been tried/theorized on Earth and needs an evaluation in Space. The program director has a background in planetary science [1] and I assume they will evaluate proposals. [1] https://www.darpa.mil/about/people/michael-nayak https://www.darpa.mil/about/people/michael-nayak
- beefnugs 2y agoYeah this seems crazy to just throw out into the public. How do they decide what and when is worth funding? Does there have to be some kind of shining light of progress... or is it just moonshot after moonshot of blind hope?
- laughingcurve 2y agoDARPA is the one agency that gets shit done and demands results. They are not working on blind hope
- asoneth 2y agoDARPA Program Managers have a lot of leeway to write these sorts of requests. PMs are typically experts in their field and often come from an academic, industry, military, or government research lab. DARPA gives them a budget for grants, autonomy, and 3-5 years to fund interesting work. Many fail, many have mixed success, and a small number revolutionize their field. (Source: worked on a few DARPA-funded projects decades ago.)