November 1997 1 STI Bulletin

A publication for users of the NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program Office

BULLETIN

—-— November 1997

STI STI

The NASA Image eXchange

(NIX) will provide technical and

other resources to Kennedy Space

Center and Marshall Space Center to

establish initial links to NIX during

1998, thus bringing the number of

NASA Centers that are participating

on a voluntary basis to 9 out of 10.

In addition, Dryden Flight Research

Center and Lewis Research Center

will add mission-related collections

and other new types of images in

1998. Lewis Research Center and

Goddard Space Center have recently

received Sun Netra servers in support

of the distributed NIX system.

STI Managers ViTS

is scheduled for December 5, 1997,

from 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., ET.

Have You Seen the

STI Fact Sheets?

These brief overviews are intended

for NASA Center use at open

houses, presentations, and demonstrations. The set is composed of

four sheets covering the STI

Program, Products and Services of

the STI Program, the NASA Center

for AeroSpace Information (CASI),

and the NASA Image eXchange

(NIX). The fact sheets can be

viewed online or printed to local

systems as needed. Find them on

the STI Program home page.

http://www.sti.nasa.gov

ANNOUNCEMENTS

STI Bulletin Goes online !

Come visit the STI Program home page and

read the STI Bulletin. It’s easy, it’s in color, and

it won’t get lost in that stack of papers on your

desk! Starting with the January 1998 issue,

that’s the ONLY way to read it! This and many

past issues are there, too...come take a peek.

http://www.sti.nasa.gov/sti-pubs.html

In This Issue

Center News — Goddard 2

NASA Access Help Desk 2

NASA/CASI —

25 Years of Spinoff 3
November 1997 2 STI Bulletin

The STI Bulletin, published every

other month, informs NASA STI

users about the products, services,

and news of the NASA Scientific

and Technical Information

Program Office.

Graphics & Editing Team

John Jones, D.J. Drumheller

NASA CASI

For additional information, contact

George Roncaglia

NASA Langley Research Center

Mail Stop 157, Hampton, VA 23681

E-mail: g.j.roncaglia@larc.nasa.gov

From Goddard...

Goddard Space Flight Center is

crafting the RFP for a new follow-on

contract in support of Technical

Information Services. The contract

will cover photography, audiovisual,

graphics, publications, duplicating,

and conference support and for the

first time, will include library

services support as an option. In

keeping with the current emphasis

within NASA, this will be a

Performance-Based Contract. The

RFP will be released in 1998. The

current support contract will be

extended until then.

The Publications Group of Goddard

has prepared an information packet

on the new STI NPD and NPG for

distribution to our customer base

and the directorates. The package is

currently under management review

and will be released when review is

complete.

GSFC is pleased to announce the

publication of “Wallops Station and

the Creation of an American Space

Program” by Harold D. Wallace Jr.

(NASA SP-4311). This book is a

special publication in the NASA

History Series and is available

through the NASA CASI at 301-

621-0390 or GPO’s Superintendent

of Documents at 202-512-1800.

This publication focuses on the

political, administrative, and social

history aspects of the Wallops

Station from 1957 to 1966. Wallops,

since its establishment in 1945, has

launched more than 14,000 rockets,

making it one of the most prolific

launch sites in the world. It also

remains one of the least known.

Currently, a part of the Goddard

Space Flight Center, Wallops has

always been among the smaller of

America’s aerospace research facilities. Despite, and possibly because

of, the administrative and budgetary

chaos that often characterized this

Nation’s space effort, Wallops

evolved from a highly specialized test

facility to a more generalized,

multifaceted research center. The

history of the base reaches back to

the early days of the United States

involvement in space research, and

reflects most of the major controversies encountered.

Keith Koehler of Wallops’ Public

Affairs Office procured the necessary

funding for this publication, and

several members of GSFC’s Technical

Information Services Branch provided technical assistance to see

publication to fruition (Terri

Randall, managing editor and layout;

Britt Griswold, cover design; Vicky

Jenkins, printing).

C E N T E R N E W S

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The

NASA

 Access

Help Desk

e-mail:

help@sti.nasa.gov

fax:

301-621-0134

telephone:

301-621-0390

postal mail:

NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information

800 Elkridge Landing Road

Linthicum Heights, MD

21090

What’s Happening

in STI

at Your Center?

Don’t forget to submit any

STI-related articles and

announcements anytime, to the

NASA Center for AeroSpace

Information.

(see last page)
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Here’s What’s Happening at CASI...

At the Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI), STI Program efforts work hand-in-hand with the NASA Technology Transfer

Office’s Spinoff Project.

25 Years of Down-to-Earth Benefits

utilized to transfer its technology and

the types of assistance it renders to

industry, to advance technology

transfer and commercialization

efforts. Representative of the

Technology Transfer & Commercialization Offices is Langley Research

Center’s Technology Applications

Group (TAG). TAG’s primary goal is

to encourage broader utilization of

Langley technologies in the industrial community. This is accomplished in four steps, the first being

information and data. TAG is

developing better ways to use

electronic media such as disseminating information on technologies

available for transfer through the

World Wide Web.

The second element of TAG is the

technology patent structure, which

handles intellectual property such as

hardware patents, software copyrights and technical know-how. The

third is the function as a financial

resource for small businesses,

including the Small Business Innovation Research program (SBIR) and

the Small Business Technology

Transfer Program (STTR), and the

Aerospace Industry Technology

Program (AITP). The purpose of

these programs is to stimulate

business to partner with the government and work in focused mission

areas that have dual use.

The fourth step of TAG is the

technology transfer team. It includes

the engineers and scientists who

foster technology partnerships with

industry. Through these individuals,

Langley-developed technologies are

promoted for transfer via the Internet, NASA Tech Briefs and other

journals, conferences, and the

Technology Opportunities Showcase

(TOPS). Langley’s Technology

Applications Group provides the

overall leadership for implementation of the center’s Technology

Transfer & Commercialization

Program.

If your company has used NASA

technology in products or services,

you can be featured in a future issue

of NASA Spinoff. For more information, or to obtain a recent copy of

Spinoff, visit our website at http://

www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/spinoff.html,

or contact Walter Heiland at

(301) 621-0241.

For 25 years, NASA Spinoff has

covered successful technology

transfer from NASA to private

industry. Now, NASA’s premier

publication, Spinoff 1997 is available

in tribute to the 25th year of spinoff

coverage.

Spinoff 1997 summarizes the research

and development efforts of the ten

NASA field centers during the past

25 years. Resulting technologies

have in the past and present contributed to product commercialization,

and will in the future affect economic and global decisions by

industry. Included is a brief description of what NASA Headquarters

and each of the ten field centers are

doing to contribute to American

scientific and technological growth.

This idea of technological expansion

brings us to the focal point of the

publication, the spinoffs. These

stories are representative of successes

by manufacturers and entrepreneurs

in developing commercial products

and services which incorporate

NASA technology to improve the

economy and life for all humankind.

The spinoffs focus on areas concerning health and medicine, transportation, public safety, home and

recreation, environment and resources, computer technology and

industrial productivity. They will

heighten your awareness of technology and give you a better understanding of NASA’s technology

transfer program and its benefits to

you, the consumer.

The ‘97 edition of Spinoff summarizes the mechanisms NASA has

Did You Know??

Beginning March 1, 1998, CASI will

be moving. The new mailing address

will be:

NASA Center for

AeroSpace Information

7121 Standard Drive

Hanover, MD 21076

Additional information will be

provided as moving day approaches.
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