Introduction
The Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) is a multidisciplinary research group at the European Space Agency. Its task is to facilitate disruptive changes in space technology by performing solid research on 'exotic' topics typically not considered by 'main stream' space science.
General research areas include:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mission Analysis
- Planetary System Science
- Fundamental physics
- Biomimetics
- Mathematics and informatics
- Plasma Physics and Space Propulsion
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