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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... spacecraft be sterilizable and that was a technically important problem for the batteries . We developed the nickel cadmium batteries which were able to withstand the high temperatures of sterilization . The other large program which I ...
... spacecraft be sterilizable and that was a technically important problem for the batteries . We developed the nickel cadmium batteries which were able to withstand the high temperatures of sterilization . The other large program which I ...
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... SPACECRAFT CHARGING ME MATERIALS • COMPOSITES HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR SAIL MATERIAL PROPULSION CHEMICAL ... spacecraft charging . During FY 1978 , analytical models developed under the joint NASA / Air Force Spacecraft ...
... SPACECRAFT CHARGING ME MATERIALS • COMPOSITES HIGH TEMPERATURE LIGHTWEIGHT SOLAR SAIL MATERIAL PROPULSION CHEMICAL ... spacecraft charging . During FY 1978 , analytical models developed under the joint NASA / Air Force Spacecraft ...
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... spacecraft retropropulsion system . A Systems Technology program was initiated in FY 1977 with the goal of evaluating by 1980 a complète funnehydrazine system as shown in Figure 4. The use of fluorine - hydrazine will increase specific ...
... spacecraft retropropulsion system . A Systems Technology program was initiated in FY 1977 with the goal of evaluating by 1980 a complète funnehydrazine system as shown in Figure 4. The use of fluorine - hydrazine will increase specific ...
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... spacecraft onboard data management and control functions , are being developed . A prototype version of such a system will be mechanized during FY 1978 and a flight model will be validated on the Shuttle by FY 1981. Two proposed ...
... spacecraft onboard data management and control functions , are being developed . A prototype version of such a system will be mechanized during FY 1978 and a flight model will be validated on the Shuttle by FY 1981. Two proposed ...
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... spacecraft data recorders to replace the present day tape recorders . We note frequent early failures on LANDSAT spacecraft for example . Answer . Two approaches are being pursued to improve the reliability of space- craft data ...
... spacecraft data recorders to replace the present day tape recorders . We note frequent early failures on LANDSAT spacecraft for example . Answer . Two approaches are being pursued to improve the reliability of space- craft data ...
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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...