NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1978: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on S. 365 ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 |
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... missions . We are ring to improve the wel vrea , performance characteristics , and efficiency of aeronautica , and ... mission objectives . That leads to some character- istics of our aeronautical technology as shown on this slide . It ...
... missions . We are ring to improve the wel vrea , performance characteristics , and efficiency of aeronautica , and ... mission objectives . That leads to some character- istics of our aeronautical technology as shown on this slide . It ...
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... Mission support costs will become critically important as we are able to do more and more complicated missions through use of the Shuttle . We are working toward more automated operations as indicated by the bullet on the left - hand ...
... Mission support costs will become critically important as we are able to do more and more complicated missions through use of the Shuttle . We are working toward more automated operations as indicated by the bullet on the left - hand ...
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... MISSION EXPERIMENT OPPORTUNITIES BOOST ORBIT ENTRY LANDING LAUNCH FIGURE 49 The last point that I would like to talk about is the use of the Shuttle for a flight experiment program . We are developing experi- ments to be flown on the ...
... MISSION EXPERIMENT OPPORTUNITIES BOOST ORBIT ENTRY LANDING LAUNCH FIGURE 49 The last point that I would like to talk about is the use of the Shuttle for a flight experiment program . We are developing experi- ments to be flown on the ...
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... mission support costs will become critically important . We hope to reduce these costs by an order of magnitude by providing the technology for automated operations in both Earth - orbital and planetary missions . For example ...
... mission support costs will become critically important . We hope to reduce these costs by an order of magnitude by providing the technology for automated operations in both Earth - orbital and planetary missions . For example ...
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... mission simulation studies to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the device in conditions as close to operational realism as possible . Investigations in the flight management area are continuing to assess factors affecting ...
... mission simulation studies to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the device in conditions as close to operational realism as possible . Investigations in the flight management area are continuing to assess factors affecting ...
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Page 1503 - Made" — when used in relation to any invention or discovery means the conception or first actual reduction to practice of such invention in the course of or under the contract.
Page 1472 - The preservation of the role of the United States as a leader in aeronautical and space science and technology and in the application thereof to the conduct of peaceful activities within and outside the atmosphere...
Page 1502 - States and domestic municipal governments, unless the agency head determines that it would not be in the public interest to acquire the license for the States and domestic...
Page 1502 - Section l(a) and is either a necessary incentive to call forth private risk capital and expense to bring the invention to the point of practical application or that the Government's contribution to the invention is small compared to that of the contractor.
Page 1501 - The public interest in a dynamic and efficient economy requires that efforts be made to encourage the expeditious development and civilian use of these inventions. Both the need for incentives to draw forth private initiatives to this end, and the need to promote healthy competition in industry must be weighed in the disposition of patent rights under Government contracts.
Page 1502 - Government, on the commercial use that is being made or is intended to be made of inventions made under Government contracts.
Page 1503 - As used in this provision, the stated terms are defined as follows for the purposes hereof: (1) "Invention" or "invention or discovery" includes any art, machine, manufacture, design, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, or any variety of plant, which is or may be patentable under the Patent Laws of the United States. (2) "Made...
Page 1501 - C. The use and practice of these inventions and discoveries should stimulate inventors, meet the needs of the government, recognize the equities of the contractor, and serve the public interest.
Page 1503 - To the point of practical application" means to manufacture in the case of a composition or product, to practice in the case of a process, or to operate in the case of a machine, and under such conditions as to establish that the invention is being worked and that its benefits are reasonably accessible to the public.
Page 1501 - ... is in a field of technology in which the contractor has acquired technical competence (demonstrated by factors such as know-how, experience, and patent position) directly related to an area in which the contractor has an established nongovernmental commercial position, the contractor shall normally acquire the principal or exclusive rights throughout the world in and to any resulting inventions, subject to the government acquiring at least an irrevocable non-exclusive royalty free license throughout...