Read more NIAC stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4125/niac.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorSat, 26 May 2012 03:12:16 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/769/nasa-shutters-ideas-factory.htmlPeter Fearon<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=864&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401035711' border='0' />In a cost-cutting move, NASA is shutting down its futuristic think tank, source of way-ahead-of-the-curve ideas, many of them worthy of a Star Trek script. Closing the Institute for Advanced Concepts will save $4 million out of NASA’s $16 billion dollar budget. But former NASA scientist Keith Cowing describes the...Discovery Mission To Space Station http://www.newser.com/story/769/nasa-shutters-ideas-factory.htmlThu, 22 Mar 2007 08:47:06 CDT