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Out of this world

Nature volume 420, pages 10–11 (2002)Cite this article

NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts aims to turn speculative ideas into tomorrow's space missions. Tony Reichhardt attends its latest get-together, and asks whether the investment is worth it.

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