Selected Technical Spin-Offs from the Space Program

Abstract

The report describes some of the problems which the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has encountered in getting people to understand how the general public has profited from the technical discoveries of the space program. Next, it describes NASA's Technology Utilization Program and comments on it. It then describes some of the many spin-offs from the space program; these include examples from management technology, communications, aeronautics, medicine, fabrics, highway safety, and weather forecasting.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0722090

Entities

People

  • Herman L. Gilmore

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Circuit Boards
  • Commerce
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • Heart Rate
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Networks
  • Printed Circuits
  • Spacecraft
  • Stations
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space