NRC: Fostering Visions for the Future: A Review of the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts

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"NIAC was featured in more than 40 general-interest publications, attracting mainstream
media coverage for the agency and receiving more than 226,000 Google hits to its website.

Originally conceived as reporting to the agency's chief technologist so that infusion across all
NASA enterprises could be assured, NIAC operated in an environment of frequent NASA
organizational changes.

In 2004, NASA management of NIAC was transferred to the Exploration Systems
Mission Directorate, where it was not well aligned with its sponsor's near-term mission
objectives. NIAC was terminated in 2007."