EPILOGUE: SUMMARY OF CHAPTERS 1Q17 



the use of weather, communications, and Earth resources satellites, 

 the spinoffs included such items as the following: 



— Solar cells to convert sunlight into electrical energy. 

 — Rechargeable electric pacemaker for heart patients. 



\ oicc-activated wheelchair for paralyzed patients. 

 — Domed fabric roofs, originally developed from fiber glass fabric used for 



astronauts' space suits. 

 — Satellite video transmission for medical and educational use. 



"Image enhancement" through computers to enhance photographs and old 



documents. 

 — "Intruder detectors" for use in homes and industrial plants, developed from 



highly sensitive seismic monitors used on the Moon. 

 — Microminiaturized transistors and electronic equipment. 



Chapter X 



Working through the United Nations and other international 

 organizations, the committee gave strong support to the international 

 aspects of science and space. This extended from encouraging agree- 

 ments with other nations on satellite launchings, to the establishment 

 of the worldwide tracking network, and exchange of scientific infor- 

 mation with many nations to the 1967 Treaty on the Peaceful Uses of 

 Outer Space. The committee sponsored the codification and publication 

 of international space treaties and space law. In 1971, the committee 

 formalized some of these activities through the establishment of the 

 Subcommittee on International Cooperation in Science and Space, 

 which lasted in one form or another until 1979, when its activities 

 were re-incorporated primarily into the Science, Research and Tech- 

 nology Subcommittee. Chairman Miller and other committee members 

 made countless journeys to speak at international scientific meetings 

 and lend support to the scientific endeavors of other nations and 

 groups of nations. 



Teague, who vehemently opposed President Kennedy's 1963 advo- 

 cacy of a joint Soviet-U.S. manned flight to the Moon, also had initial 

 doubts about the rendezvous and docking of American and Russian 

 spacecraft known as Apollo-Soyuz. He insisted that a sufficient number 

 of experiments be placed on the Apollo flight to justify it in case the 

 Soviets should back out at the last minute. The Apollo-Soyuz link up 

 in 1975 proved to be successful in every respect. 



In the late 1970's, the committee extended its interest in inter- 

 national areas, including oversight of the Law of the Sea Conference, 

 comparative criminal justice, joint work with the House International 

 Relations Committee on applying science and technology to foreign 

 policy, and oversight on technology transfer to OPEC countries. 

 Through many trips to other countries and attendance at international 

 meetings, the committee members devoted an increasing amount of 

 effort to fostering international scientific cooperation. 



