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A collage of illustrations highlighting the novel concepts proposed by the 2024 NIAC Phase I awardees. Credit: (clockwise, from upper right) Steven Benner, Beijia Zhang, Matthew McQuinn, Alvaro Romero-Calvo, Thomas M. Eubanks, Kenneth Carpenter, James Bickford/Alvaro Romero/Calvo/Peter Cabauy/ Geoffrey Landis/Lynn Rothschild/Ge-Cheng Zha/NASA