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Matt,
I think that your idea for manufacturing superconductors is highly
original and would be a good candidate for NASA's program (assuming
you are a student). Concerning your plant experiment, I've never heard
of someone performing such an experiment in the US but I am fairly
certain that the Soviet Union have grown plants in soil and
hydroponicly as long ago as a decade starting on Salyut 6. I'll have to
dig through my references to get some more info.
I do have a suggestion about submiting your ideas to NASA. First,
do not send the an unsolicited idea; write to NASA, get information on
the program, and most importantly find out EXACTLY where and to whom it
should be mailed. If it ends up on the wrong person's desk it may never
arrive to the proper group. Next, be sure that you follow the
instructions for preparing and submiting your proposal (in fact be sure
to ask for them in your original letter). NASA will also probably
require that your project have a faculty adviser (partly to make sure
you are a student) so get one of your instructors involved with the
project.
I hope I haven't told you anything you don't already know. I have
seen too many student projects die or get blown out of the water over
simple thing like I mentioned above. Good luck.
Drew
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I agree with the first reply, do some research ahead of time
and find out who you really need to contact at NASA. If you
do write, I might suggest using your school's stationary.
Also, NASA does not run all programs of this nature. A few
years ago when applications were being accepted for proposals
on the use of the Hubble Space Telescope by amatuer astronomers,
I dealt with the Variable Star Observers Group (Cambridge, MA),
not NASA. Hence, you may have a bit of chasing around to do!
Good luck!
ken
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