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2006-2007 - Kennedy Space Center Technology Transfer Office

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IntroductionJohn F. <strong>Kennedy</strong> <strong>Space</strong> <strong>Center</strong> (KSC) technology development efforts support NASA’sgoals of increased safety, reduced cost of space access, and expansion of commercialmarkets by applying new technologies in current and future <strong>Space</strong> TransportationSystems.KSC’s role as the nation’s premier launch site creates requirements for new spaceportand range technologies. KSC’s people use our unique institutional resources to providetechnologies to NASA program customers, including designers and operators of spaceportson Earth, lunar bases, and Mars bases. KSC has extensive expertise in designing,building, and operating a spaceport, with all its complex technologies and systems.KSC technology development efforts are categorized by six <strong>Space</strong>port <strong>Technology</strong> andScience Product Lines: <strong>Space</strong>port Structures and Materials; Range Technologies; FluidSystem Technologies; Biological Sciences; Process and Human Factors EngineeringTechnologies; and Command, Control, and Monitoring Technologies. This report isorganized accordingly.The primary stakeholders for spaceport and range technologies are current operationalprograms, future programs, and institutional technical programs. These stakeholdersare illustrated on pages viii and ix. KSC focuses and aligns its technology investments,personnel investments, new project proposals, and strategic partnerships with the technologyneeds most important to our stakeholders in order to maximize benefits for theAgency and the Nation. The specific need addressed by the technology is identifies nextto the High-Priority <strong>Technology</strong> (HPT) icon in each report of results and progress.Through its Innovative Partnership Program, KSC seeks industry participation andcollaboration in its technology development initiatives. Additional information on theInnovative Partnership Program is included in Appendix B. KSC reaches out to transferexpertise and technologies to the commercial sector and academic community. Programsand commercialization opportunities available to American industries and otherorganizations are described in the KSC <strong>Technology</strong> <strong>Transfer</strong> <strong>Office</strong> Internet Web site at. University faculty and postdoctoral fellowshipopportunities are described in the KSC University Programs Internet Web site at.The U.S. Government controls exports of sensitive equipment, software, and technologyas a means of promoting our national-security interests and foreign-policy objectives.This document has been reviewed for export control and intellectual property. Additionalinformation on KSC’s export control function appears in Appendix C.An electronic version of this report is available at .KSC <strong>Technology</strong> Development and Application <strong>2006</strong>-<strong>2007</strong>vii

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