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MSIChicago: From Science Fiction to Science Fact

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Advanced Registration required at https://www.msichicago.org/explore/whats-here/events/from-science-fiction-to-science-fact/

Meet NASA innovators with visionary ideas powering new missions to the most extreme environments in and out of our solar system! 

MSI’s 2020 Inventive Genius lecture will take place online, and will feature SmartSuit, a next generation spacesuit, and BREEZE, a bio-inspired flying "stingray" for interplanetary exploration.

As Fellows in the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program, the scientists behind these projects are creating innovative, technically credible, advanced concepts that could one day "change the possible" in aerospace. MSI is proud to present From Science Fiction to Science Fact as the latest edition of a long-running partnership with NIAC.

This livestream event is free with advance registration. See more about our presenters below.