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Some Commercial and Industrial Aspects of the Space Program

Publication Date

November 1969

Author

S. Enzer

Report Number

P-5

Space provides platforms from which it is possible to link any two global locations, thus making line-of-sight communication via satellite a reality. Use of space communication links is currently limited more by economic than by technological factors. The economics of space communication systems is of prime concern in exploiting the industrial applications of space.

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

Potential Institutional Arrangements of Organi­zations Involved in the Exploitation of Remote­ly Sensed Earth Resources Data

Publication Date

March 1970

Author

T. Gordon
S. Enzer

Report Number

P-6

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

A Framework for National Science Policy Analyses; published in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-2, No. 1, January 1972, reprint

Publication Date

January 1972

Author

R. Amara

Report Number

P-18

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

alternative futures
planning programming budgeting
automobile insurance
formulate
societal processes
making decisions
systems analysis
early warning

Toward a Framework for National Goals and Policy Research; published in IEEE Transac­tions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. SMC-2, November 5, 1972, pp. 603-609

Publication Date

November 1972

Author

R. Amara

Report Number

P-20

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

alternative futures
planning programming budgeting
automobile insurance
formulate
societal processes
making decisions
systems analysis
early warning

Computer-Communications for the Community Information Utility; published in Planning Community Information Utilities, Chapter 9, pp. 219-262

Publication Date

January 1972

Author

P. Baran

Report Number

P-21

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

Assessing a Problem-Oriented Social Technol­ogy: A General Conduct ; published in Fu­tures, December 1974, pp. 486-498; based on R-30, Some Impacts of No-Fault Automobile Insur­ance—A Technology Assessment

Publication Date

December 1974

Author

S. Enzer

Report Number

P-30X

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

alternative futures
planning programming budgeting
automobile insurance
formulate
societal processes
making decisions
systems analysis
early warning

Twelve Emerging Technologies for the 1990s

Publication Date

December 1985

Author

R. Amara

Report Number

P-138

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

New Directions on Innovation; published in Futures, March 1990, pp. 142-152

Publication Date

March 1989

Author

R. Amara

Report Number

P-160

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

The Intersection of Biotechnology and Information Technology

Publication Date

June 1999

Author

NA

Report Number

P-184

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

silicon
lower cost
biotechnology
semiconductor
calculators
flowing

Forecasts of Some Technological and Scientific Developments and Their Societal Consequences (EPRC, CRC, WU)

Publication Date

September 1969

Author

T.J. Gordon
R.H. Ament

Report Number

R-6

Topic Category

Technology

Keywords

forecast
probability of occurrence
probability distribution
cross impact matrix
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