NASA selects Indian-origin researcher for innovative concept

NASA has selected 13 proposals, including one by an Indian-origin scientist, through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC), a programme aimed at revolutionising future space missions to Mars and beyond.
Ratnakumar Bugga, from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California was selected for his Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR). NIAC Phase I awards are valued at about USD 100,000 for nine months, to support initial definition and analysis of the