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HISTORY OF TIM COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



In 1978, there was a new Director of Technology Utilization, Lou 

 Mogavero, who confessed : 



The process for infusing technology into the mainstream of the economy is still 

 not well understood nor is it easily brought about. * * * 



NASA demonstrated before the Fuqua subcommittee in 1978 a light- 

 weight firefighting module, transportable by helicopter, for use by the 

 Coast Guard. The pump is also being marketed for municipal and 

 industrial use, and is capable of pumping greater quantities of water 

 farther and faster than any other system available. It was developed 

 from NASA technology used on high-speed rocket engine pumps at the 

 Marshall Space Flight Center. 



On February 7, 1978, Mr. Mogavero presented the results of the 

 NASA cost-benefit study which the committee had requested in the 

 authorization bill in 1977: 



NASA is gratified to report that the study shows that every dollar expended by 

 our technology utilization program to actively and aggressively bring aerospace 

 technology to bear on public and private sector problems results in at least a $6 benefit 

 to the economy. 



The subcommittee Members were delighted with the presentation. 

 Representative Wes Watkins (Democrat of Oklahoma) noted: 

 When you see a return of 6-to-l on your investment that's pretty good. 



Representative Albert Gore, Jr. (Democrat Representative Bill Royer (Republican of 



of Tennessee), who joined the committee California) is the newest committee member 

 in 1977. in 1979- 



