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Natalia Ares receives relevant funding from the Royal Society, EPSRC, the Foundational Questions Institute Fund, a donor advised fund of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and from the European ...

Craig Merrett receives funding from the Office of Naval Research and L3Harris. He is affiliated with the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics, and is a licensed professional engineering ...