Ames never ceases to astound

I love how "far out" / "long range" some of NASA Ames' research is, for instance :
http://www.kurzweilai.net/nasa-ames-worden-reveals-darpa-funded-hundred-year-starship-program in which the authors discuss a new joint DARPA/NASA Ames Research Center project to build an "100 year starship"

View of the San Joaquin Valley, including fruit/nut trees and aqueduct