Exploration Architecture with Quantum Inertial Gravimetry and In Situ ChipSat Sensors Wiegmann, Bruce: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) 2015 NIAC Project Selections The 2015 Phase-1 projects included a hopping vehicle to visit Triton and others, and seven phase two projects. Phase I projects selected were: Engblom, William: Virtual Flight Demonstration of Stratospheric Dual-Aircraft Platform Graf, John: Thirsty Walls - A new paradigm for air revitalization in life support Hecht, Michael: A Tall Ship and a Star to Steer Her By Lewis, John: In-Space Manufacture of Storable Propellants Lubin, Philip: Directed Energy Propulsion for Interstellar Exploration (DEEP-IN) Oleson, Steven: Triton Hopper: Exploring Neptune's Captured Kuiper Belt Object Peck, Mason: Soft-Robotic Rover with Electrodynamic Power Scavenging Plescia, Jeffrey: Seismic Exploration of Small Bodies Paxton, Larry: CRICKET: Cryogenic Reservoir Inventory by Cost-Effective Kinetically Enhanced Technology Sercel, Joel: APIS (Asteroid Provided In-Situ Supplies): 100MT Of Water from a Single Falcon 9 Stoica, Adrian WindBots: persistent in-situ science explorers for gas giants Tabirian, Nelson: Thin-Film Broadband Large Area Imaging System Ulmer, Melville: Aperture: A Precise Extremely large Reflective Telescope Using Re-configurable Elements Wang, Joseph: CubeSat with Nanostructured Sensing Instrumentation for Planetary Exploration Youngquist, Robert: Cryogenic Selective Surfaces In addition, seven projects were selected for continuation into Phase II: Atchison, Justin: Swarm Flyby Gravimetry Chen, Bin: 3D Photocatalytic Air Processor for Dramatic Reduction of Life Support Mass and Complexity Nosanov, Jeffrey: PERISCOPE: PERIapsis Subsurface Cave Optical Explorer Oleson, Steven: Titan Submarine: Exploring the Depths of Kraken Mare Paul, Michael: SCEPS in Space - Non-Radioisotope Power Systems for Sunless Solar System Exploration Missions Stoica, Adrian: Trans-Formers for Lunar Extreme Environments: Ensuring Long-Term Operations in Regions of Darkness and Low Temperatures Wiegmann, Bruce: Heliopause Electrostatic Rapid Transit System (HERTS) 2016 NIAC Project Selections Phase I projects selected were: Bayandor, Javid: Light Weight Multifunctional Planetary Probe for Extreme Environment Exploration and Locomotion Bugga, Ratnakumar: Venus Interior Probe Using In-situ Power and Propulsion (VIP-INSPR) Dunn, Jason: Reconstituting Asteroids into Mechanical Automata Hughes, Gary: Molecular Composition Analysis of Distant Targets Janson, Siegfried: Brane Craft Mann, Chris: Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets Mueller, Robert: Mars Molniya Orbit Atmospheric Resource Mining Ono, Masahiro: Journey to the Center of Icy Moons Quadrelli, Marco: E-Glider: Active Electrostatic Flight for Airless Body Exploration Rothschild, Lynn: Urban biomining meets printable electronics: end-to-end destination biological recycling and reprinting Sauder, Jonathan: Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE) Thomas, Stephanie: Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander VanWoerkom, Michael: NIMPH: Nano