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NASA Joint Sponsored Research Program
The Joint Sponsored Research Program (JSRP) was a NASA management system initiative to " establish a pilot program for Joint Sponsored Research Projects. Under this Program, the Agency may jointly fund with private sector entities technology research and development activities that further the Agency's goals and missions". The national policy goals were to accelerate technology development, maintain U.S. technological leadership, foster U.S. economic growth and competitiveness, and create jobs. The Program goals were to..."promote R&D partnerships between NASA and the private sector pertaining to dual-use technologies and to precompetitive, commercially valuable technologies with industry-wide application". The Program, initiated by NASA Ames Research Center, was established to develop business models and legal frameworks for cost-sharing public–private partnerships. Its goals included reducing costs, enhancing technology transfer, and accelerating supply chain development. Launc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pressure-sensitive Paint
Pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) is a method for measuring air pressure or local oxygen concentration, usually in aerodynamic settings. PSP is paint-like coating which fluoresces under a specific illumination wavelength in differing intensities depending on the external air pressure being applied locally to its surface. Scientific Origins Pressure-sensitive paint was initially conceived due to a combination of research and development from the fields of chemistry, flow visualization, imaging and aerodynamic design testing. The phenomena of photoluminescence and oxygen quenching have been studied for many years. John I. Peterson and Raphael V. Fitzgerald are the first to publish observations and suggestions to apply oxygen quenching materials for flow visualization. Research to develop different materials combinations of oxygen quenching fluorescing molecules for use as sensors was undertaken in the former Soviet Union at TsAGI/Moscow in cooperation with Moscow University and the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaklee
Shaklee Corporation is an American manufacturer and multi-level marketing distributor of natural nutrition supplements, weight-management products, beauty products, and household products. The company is based in Miami, Florida, with operations in several countries. History Founding Forrest C. Shaklee (1894–1985), a chiropractor and nutritionist based in his home state of Iowa, and later in Oakland, California, created the first vitamin in the United States labeled " Shaklee's Vitalized Minerals" in 1915. In 1956, Shaklee founded the Shaklee Corporation with his two sons to manufacture nutritional supplements. Shaklee chose the multi-level marketing business model to market their product. Starting in 1956, Shaklee began marketing organic, biodegradable cleaning products. Expansion, divestiture, and changes of ownership Shaklee Corporation was a publicly traded company in the late 1970s and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1973, the firm relocated its business of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association
The Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association (RITA) was a non-profit organization formed by the rotorcraft industry to collaborate with the U.S. Federal government through the National Rotorcraft Technology Center (NRTC)—a joint initiative of NASA, the Army, the Navy and the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA). Based at NASA Ames Research Center, the NRTC aimed to streamline government-industry collaboration in developing dual-use rotorcraft technologies for military and civilian applications. The NRTC was formed for a "..paradigm shift to a new way of doing business between government and industry emphasizing cooperation, streamlined processes and minimum infrastructure". The NRTC required the rotorcraft industry to form an independent, single coordinating partner. To fulfill this, rotorcraft companies, in collaboration with the Vertical Flight Society, established the Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association (RITA). RITA led to new technologies and certification guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments
The Advanced General Aviation Transport Experiments (AGATE) project was an eight year, technology development and testing project within NASA implemented through an alliance of NASA, the FAA, the general aviation industry and a number of universities. Its goal was to create a Small Aviation Transportation System (SATS) as an alternative to short-range automotive trips for both private and business transportation needs. The Small Aviation Transportation System will make many time-sensitive short-haul trips more affordable for business, medical, public safety and recreational pursuits. Alliance creation The AGATE Alliance was launched in 1994 and born out of an effort to stem the gradual decline of general aviation innovation in the United States. It played an instrumental role in the forging of joint technology development and testing partnerships between Government, industry and vital non-profit contributors. The AGATE Alliance was organized as an operating alliance between gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA ERAST Program
The Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology, or ERAST program was a NASA program to develop cost-effective, slow-flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that could perform long-duration science missions at altitudes above . The project included a number of technology development programs conducted by the joint NASA-industry ERAST Alliance. The project was formally terminated in 2003. Program overview According to NASA, "ERAST was a multiyear effort to develop the aeronautical and sensor technologies for a new family of remotely piloted aircraft intended for upper atmospheric science missions. Designed to cruise at slow speeds for long durations at altitudes of , such aircraft could be used to collect, identify, and monitor environmental data to assess global climate change and assist in weather monitoring and forecasting. They also could serve as airborne telecommunications platforms, performing functions similar to communications satellites at a fraction of the cost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services
Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to spur the development of Private spaceflight, private spacecraft and launch vehicles for deliveries to the International Space Station (ISS). Launched in 2006, COTS successfully concluded in 2013 after completing all demonstration flights. NASA's final report on the program considered it a success and a model for future public-private collaboration. Compared to traditional cost-plus contracts employed by NASA, such as the $12 billion contract for the Orion (spacecraft), Orion spacecraft, the $800 million COTS investment resulted in "two new U.S. Medium-lift launch vehicle, medium-class launch vehicles and two automated cargo spacecraft". After the conclusion of the COTS program, NASA shifted towards Fixed-price contract, fixed-price contracts for crew and cargo services. While the approach has significantly lowered costs for NASA, companies other than SpaceX have struggled under the fixed-price system, with som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Programs
This is a list of NASA missions, both Human spaceflight, crewed and Robotic spacecraft, robotic, Creation of NASA, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. X-Plane program Since 1945, NACA (NASA's predecessor) and, since January 26, 1958, NASA has conducted the X-Plane Program. The program was originally intended to create a family of experimental aircraft not intended for production beyond the limited number of each design built solely for flight research. The first X-Plane, the Bell X-1, was the first rocket-powered airplane to break the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. X-Planes have set numerous milestones since then, both crewed and unpiloted. Human spaceflight NASA has successfully launched over 200 crewed flights. Three have ended in failure, causing the death of the entire crew: Apollo 1 (which never launched) in 1967 lost three crew members, STS-51-L (Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the ''Challenger'' disa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA Research Centers
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States's civil list of government space agencies, space program, aeronautics research and outer space, space research. National Aeronautics and Space Act, Established in 1958, it succeeded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) to give the American space development effort a distinct civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. It has since led most of America's space exploration programs, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968–1972 Apollo program missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA supports the International Space Station (ISS) along with the Commercial Crew Program and oversees the development of the Orion (spacecraft), Orion spacecraft and the Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
