Spinoff 1981: An Annual Report Technology Utilization Program Report (April 1981)

Washington D. C.: NASA. Very Good+. 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0904282651 . Color Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a glued spine. This book is in VVery Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends of the book cover have some light nicking and beginning tearing and edge wear. The text pages are clean and bright. "NASA spinoff technologies are commercial products and services which have been developed with the help of NASA, through research and development contracts (such as SBIR or STTR awards) , licensing of NASA patents, use of NASA facilities, technical assistance from NASA personnel, or data from NASA research. Information on new NASA technology that may be useful to industry is available in periodical and website form in "NASA Tech Briefs", while successful examples of commercialization are reported annually in the NASA publication "Spinoffs". In 1979, notable science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein helped bring awareness to the spinoffs when he was asked to appear before Congress after recovering from one of the earliest known vascular bypass operations to correct a blocked artery; in his testimony, reprinted in the book Expanded Universe, he claimed that four NASA spinoff technologies made the surgery possible, and it was a few of a long list of NASA spinoff technologies from space development." .