SPINOFF: NASA Technologies Enhance Our Lives; NP 2009-10-627-HQ
Washington DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Brochure. Unpaginated (16 pages). Illustrations (color). Map. Spinoff 2009 highlights recent research and development activities across the Agency and the successful transfer of NASA technologies to the marketplace. This brochure summarized the commercial technologies profiled in Spinoff 2009. Presents information on achievements in Health and Medicine; Transportation; Public Safety; Consumer, Home and Recreation; Environmental and Agricultural Resources, Computer Technology, and Industrial Productivity. The full NASA Spinoff 2009 highlights the Agency's work to “research, develop, verify and transfer advanced aeronautics, space, and related technologies.” NASA-derived technologies included in Spinoff 2009 are: A star-mapping algorithm developed for the Hubble Space Telescope, now adapted to identify unique pattern markers on animals like whale sharks and polar bears, that is helping study these and other endangered species; A device NASA invented to study cell growth in simulated weightlessness that is now enabling medical research into treatments for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and cirrhosis; A satellite-respondent buoy used for monitoring currents in the North Pacific that now is used for tracking debris fields on the high seas; A gravity-loading technology designed to help astronauts stay in shape while in orbit that has been incorporated in an “anti-gravity” treadmill to help ease physical therapy; and Spacesuits incorporating sun-blocking fabric and special cooling systems that have been adapted into clothing offering protection to patients with light sensitivities. More