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... From this vantage point, it has become clear to me that the United States is entering a new age of science and technology and that a substantial impetus for our entry into this new age is coming as a result of NASA research programs. From our examination of many of our specific research efforts, whether conducted at NASA centers, universities, Government laboratories, or contractor facilities, I have come to identify certain trends and characteristics which appear to be largely responsible for our rapid strides into this new era of technology.
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... These systems, which are expanding at an incredible rate, allow any investigator to have what is almost an on-line computer capability with a rapid readout concerning the results of his investigation. The excellent computer facility at the Naval Aerospace Medical Institute provides on-line capability to research studies conducted here.
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... I believe it is incumbent on each investigator to recognize these opportunities and to exploit them as appropriate within the framework of his particular area of interest. As an example of these unique opportunities, consider the subject of our symposium today -- "The Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration." Gravity exercises such a profound influence on the functioning of human postural mechanisms that many problems in basic vestibular physiology can be studied more effectively under weightlessness than in a normal gravitational field.
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... J McNALLY Montreal, Canada
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