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Low barometric pressure, high carbon dioxide concentration and water availability on simulated Mars environment related to survival and growth of bacillus cereus
Directory of computer programs available from COSMIC
Daily radiant energy available extraterrestrially as harmonic series in day of year
Uniformity of proton beams available at NASA synchrocyclotron in space radiation effects laboratory during studies using mice, rabbits, and monkeys
Proton beams uniformity available at NASA synchrocyclotron designed for radiation biology research by simulating space radiation environment
Balloon flights with space available for secondary experiments, discussing launching agencies and experiment design restrictions
Data handling based on source significance, storage availability, and data received from source
Application procedures for patent licenses and list of patents available for licensing from NASA
Abstracts of NASA inventions available for licensing in foreign countries
Radioisotopes as energy source for power conversion systems, discussing future availability of fission products and transuranium elements from commercial nuclear power reactors
Observing behavior in squirrel monkeys under multiple schedule of reinforcement availability
In pointing at visual targets without sight of the hand, large errors occur. There is a tendency to overreach targets, and this tendency is much greater (about 25 cm) when convergence is the only cue to distance than when there are many cues (2 to 11 cm). Angular errors of up to 10 deg also occur. These tend to be to the side opposite the sighting eye, when the favored hand is used. The variance of the pointing response with convergence alone is reduced by approximately half with the introduction of several spatial cues. These results are interpreted as indicating that, for a target within the reach of the arm and with convergence alone as a cue, the depth signal produced by the visual system corresponds to a greater distance than that produced when many cues are available. The results are also consistent with the hypothesis that perceived direction tends to approximate direction from the sighting eye.
The implications are explored of the specific decision context approach to anticipatory project assessment. More specifically, it is hypothesized that with respect to any given effect of a proposed project or action (mobility, job opportunities, air pollution, population distribution, etc.) such effect will likely differ in probability and/or magnitude from one decisional context to another; that the social desirability or undesirability of a given effect is a function (will differ with) each specific decisional context; that therefore the social impact of such effect will in all likelihood differ with each specific decisional context; and that the social significance of even the dame social impact of a given effect will vary from one decisional context to another when such social impact interacts with (competes with or reinforces) the social impacts of other effects. It also follows from this analysis that the respective roles of scientific method (demonstrable data) and adversarial system will not only differ with each specific decisional context but with each alternative course of action available to the decisional entity in each specific context.
The Mariner 9 TV data that are now available from the National Space Science Data Center are described. Included are the mission test video system pictures, image processing laboratory/reduced data records, mosaics, and journal articles.
Black chrome, electroplated decorative finish, which absorbs and retains solar energy is readily available, easily applied, and low cost. It is indistinguishable from black nickel and is equally feasible on aluminum or steel.
A catalog of lunar and planetary charts which are available from the U.S. Government Printing Office is presented. The charts are identified by the area of the lunar topology involved and the prices of each chart are shown.
Abstracts of NASA-owned inventions, which have been made available for patent licensing in foreign countries are presented.
A list and summary description of all Johnson Space Center electronic laboratory and photographic laboratory capabilities available to earth resources division personnel for processing earth resources data are provided. The electronic capabilities pertain to those facilities and systems that use electronic and/or photographic products as output. The photographic capabilities pertain to equipment that uses photographic images as input and electronic and/or table summarizes processing steps. A general hardware description is presented for each of the data processing systems, and the titles of computer programs are used to identify the capabilities and data flow.