Spinoff 2008 -- commemorating NASA's 50th Anniversary and documenting public benefits from NASA-derived technology.
- Paper number
IAC-08.E5.1.1
- Author
Mr. Douglas Comstock, NASA, United States
- Year
2008
- Abstract
Each year since 1976, NASA has published Spinoff to highlight the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector. The Agency distributes copies to government officials, economic decision makers, company CEOs, aca-demics, professionals in technology transfer, the news media, and the general public. It is now available in its original print form, online through a dedicated Web site, and as an interactive CD-ROM. The Spinoff Project Office also maintains a benefits database , where all Spinoff stories are now available online in a searchable format. Stories can be retrieved by publication date, key words, NASA field center involvement, originating technology, general benefit category, state, or the article’s title. This paper provides a summary of the 2008 edition of Spinoff, which celebrates NASA's 50th Anniversary. The paper includes a summary of the mechanisms used to convey to the public how space technologies provide benefit to their everyday lives, including features on NASA's websites and other outreach activities and events.
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