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NASA scientific and technical information for the 1990s
Projections for NASA scientific and technical information (STI) in the 1990s are outlined. NASA STI for the 1990s will maintain a quality bibliographic and full-text database, emphasizing electronic input and products supplemented by networked access to a wide variety of sources, particularly numeric databases
Scientific and technical training in the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union recognizes that the foundation of their system depends upon complete dedication of the people to the state through thorough psychological training as well as through military training, and through specialized education in the broad fields of engineering, natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and education. An outline of the U.S.S.R. educational system indicates the extent of academic training, coupled with on-the-job and military training, that can produce a highly skilled, dedicated, and matured person. Observations on the coupling of political, economic, and psychological training along with the technical training are made, along with some mention of positive and negative aspects of the training
Space orbits of collaboration
The U.S.S.R. cooperative space efforts with other Socialist countries dating back to 1957 are reviewed. The Interkosmos program, which is divided into three series of satellites (solar, ionospheric and magnetospheric), is discussed as well as the Prognoz, Kosmos, Soyuz, and Molniya spacecraft. Collaboration with France, India, Sweden, and the United States is mentioned
Contextual planning for NASA - A second workbook of alternative future environments for mission analysis, volume 1 Interim report
Contextural planning for selecting alternate NASA program
Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE). An overview of the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment and the outlook for a satellite crop inventory
The author has identified the following significant results. The most important LACIE finding was that the technology worked very well in estimating wheat production in important geographic locations. Based on working through the many successes and shortcomings of LACIE, it can be stated with confidence that: (1) the current technology can successfully monitor what production in regions having similar characteristics to those of the U.S.S.R. wheat areas and the U.S. hard red winter wheat areas; (2) with additional applied research, significant improvements in capabilities to monitor wheat in these and other important production regions can be expected in the near future; (3) the remote sensing and weather effects modeling technology approached used by LACIE is generally applicable to other major crops and crop-producing regions of the world; and (4) with suitable effort, this technology can now advance rapidly and could be widespread use in the late 1980's
LACIE evaluation and outlook panel transcript: The LACIE Symposium
There are no author-identified significant results in this report
NASA's Role in Aeronautics: A Workshop. Volume 5: Rotorcraft
The potential roles for NASA relating to rotorcraft are reviewed. The agency's participation is delineated for each role, a rationale is provided, the current level of activity is summarized, and suggestions are given for the kinds of research still needed. In examining opportunities for the most beneficial deployment of its resources, NASA should consider societal benefits as well as the military and civil markets in formulating the role it can play to support the development of a stronger rotorcraft technology base
Launch summary for 1981
Launchings identified from reports received for the period January 1, 1981 through December 31, 1981 including sounding rocket, satellite and space probe launchings are summarized
Notes on Urban Research in the USSR
I am taking the unusual step of circulating as a Working Paper some notes of discussions with Soviet colleagues held here over the last two weeks. The reasons for so doing are (a) the new light Prof. Avdotjin threw on the process of investment in urban research in the U.S.S.R., and (b) keeping my colleagues updated on research plans of the IIASA Urban Project
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