{"id":90818,"date":"2019-05-17T08:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/nasa-wants-to-build-a-magnetic-force-field-and-a-deep-sleep-chamber-for-astronauts-on-mars"},"modified":"2019-05-17T08:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T15:02:23","slug":"nasa-wants-to-build-a-magnetic-force-field-and-a-deep-sleep-chamber-for-astronauts-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/nasa-wants-to-build-a-magnetic-force-field-and-a-deep-sleep-chamber-for-astronauts-on-mars","title":{"rendered":"NASA Wants to Build a Magnetic Force Field and a Deep Sleep Chamber For Astronauts on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/nasa-wants-to-build-a-magnetic-force-field-and-a-deep-sleep-chamber-for-astronauts-on-mars2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A self-assembling space habitat, a deep sleep chamber to shuttle astronauts on long journeys, and a protective magnetic force field are the latest projects NASA is embarking on.<\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) Program is responsible for funding futuristic space concepts that could, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/from-magnetoshells-to-growable-habitats-nasa-invests-in-next-stage-of-visionary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as NASA puts it<\/a>, \u201cchange the possible.\u201d It\u2019s not enough to merely be a cool concept, though\u2014projects are also screened for technical plausibility. In its latest round of funding, NIAC\u2019s Phase II program has selected eight projects to move ahead. Among the most promising ones are three focusing on how to build livable future habitats in space.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/nasa-wants-to-build-a-magnetic-force-field-and-a-deep-s-1776542411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\">Read more<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A self-assembling space habitat, a deep sleep chamber to shuttle astronauts on long journeys, and a protective magnetic force field are the latest projects NASA is embarking on. NASA\u2019s Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) Program is responsible for funding futuristic space concepts that could, as NASA puts it, \u201cchange the possible.\u201d It\u2019s not enough to merely [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habitats","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}