NASA Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program

Category Scope

85 Technology Utilization and Surface Transportation

Includes aerospace technology transfer; urban technology; surface and mass transportation. For related information see also 03 Air Transportation and Safety; 16 Space Transportation and Safety; and 44 Energy Production and Conversion. For specific technology transfer applications see also the category where the subject is treated.

Definition

Urban Technology – The application of aerospace development to city problems.

Urban Transportation – The conveyance of, or means for conveying, people and goods in and around cities.

NASA Interest

Exhaustive Interest : NASA program spin-offs

Selective Interest : Surface and mass transportation that might serve NASA or provide improved transportation as a result of the NASA aerospace effort.

Negative Interest : Routine ship, railroad, bus, trucking, or automotive transportation.

Input Subjects of Specific Interest

• air cushion vehicles
• electric vehicles
• fresh water sources
• global position system (surface navigation)
• ground effect machines
• hybrid vehicles
• hydrofoil vehicles
• land transportation vehicles (development and technology)
• maglev vehicles
• mass transportation
• rapid transit systems
• sewage disposal
• space technology applications to urban problems
• surface transportation
• technology transfer
• technology utilization
• urban technology
• urban transportation
• waste products conversion (urban technology)
• waste products disposal (urban technology)
• waste treatment (development and technology)
• water treatment (development and technology)