By-Products Of Space Research

This 1960s film focusses on NASA's programme for the rapid dissemination of information on technological development. Selected examples are given as follows:
X-RAY ENHANCEMENT TECHNIQUES - JPL uses computers to enhance the quality of moon and Mars pictures, computer enhancement of moonrock images from Surveyor 1, same for X-rays of human skull and retina of eye;
HYDROPLANING STUDIES REDUCE ACCIDENTS - images of aircraft landing and skidding on wet runways, hydroplaning test track at Langley in England, American machine for creating grooves in roads, various footage of cars skidding;
MUSCULAR DISEASE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL - crystal momentum transducer to detect micrometeorites in space, development of medical diagnostic tool;
BEARING MATERIAL DISCOVERY - the advantages of a hexagonal arrangement in metal structure in the manufacture of ball bearings, cobalt alloy artificial hip joints;
RDC SERVICES AID SMALL COMPANY - design of improved flame fusion crystal-growing services;
SPACE TELEMETRY IMPROVES FM BROADCASTING