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A Structure for Capturing Quantitative Benefits from the Transfer of Space and Aeronautics Technology
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Comstock, Douglas A. Lockney, Daniel P. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Since the beginning of the space program there has been a steady stream of public benefit around the world from the applications of technologies developed for space and aeronautics to problems on Earth. There have been numerous studies and approaches developed for measuring these benefits, but none have been broadly accepted or consistently adopted. Many anecdotal examples have provided snapshots of quantitative benefits but there exists no structured method of systematically collecting and evaluating benefits. NASA has developed an approach to begin systematic collection of quantitative benefits from the transfer of space and aeronautics technology. This approach identifies a small number of quantitative measures that capture predominant categories of benefits. In some cases the benefits can be fully attributed to the original NASA technology, although in most cases the application of NASA technology is a contributing factor in the innovation that has ultimately generated the benefits. The definition of these quantitative measures was shaped by analysis of the last several years of technology transfer successes published in NASA's annual Spinoff document. NASA has begun to implement the collection and validation of these measures in the process of writing and documenting future Spinoff stories, and is retrospectively collecting information from previously published Spinoff stories. This paper presents the structure NASA has developed and summarizes the quantitative benefits that have been identified thus far. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://spinoff.nasa.gov/pdf/IAC%202011%20Quantifying%20Spinoff%20Benefits.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
