EVALUATION OF UNSOLICITED PROPOSAL, THE ELASTIC SURFACE TRANSFORMATION.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A000500200002-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 27, 1964
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Development Branch, P&DS
SUBJECT: Evaluation of Unsolicited Proposal, The Elastic
Surface Transformation.
REFERENCE: Project Assignment Number 5413 dated 12 August 1964.
An unsolicited Proposal, The Elastic Surface Transformation
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received and an evaluation report was requested.
Because the proposal is very general in nature, there are certain
questions that must be answered before a proper evaluation can be
made. If these questions can be answered in a favorable manner then
the possibility exists for a favorable implementation of the proposal
in an advantageous manner, but failure will render the proposal
unuseable.
The main issue that must be resolved is that of gain. We must
know what order of magnitude of gain may be expected when the spacial
arrangement is changed and then optically enlarged. Is the gain that
is achieved due to the change in spacial arrangement greater than the
loss that will be incurred implementing this change? It is obvious
that beneficial results must be obtained from this question before
further consideration may be given to the question.
Assuming that favorable gains are acquired as discussed above,
there are certain implementation problems that must be overcome.
Although it is realized that the proposal does aim to deal with the
study of many of the problems listed below, certain basic avenues
must be established before a study of this nature can be launched.
One must first consider what type of photographic emulsion is going
to be used. Does it have the relaxing or shrinking capabilities that
are necessary to fulfill the requirements as outlined in the proposal?
How will the photo-sensitive emulsion be applied to the pre-stretched
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material and how will this process effect the usefulness of the
materials?
One must also be aware of the order of magnitude of funding
that is requested to implement the proposal. All of the above
queries must be resolved before a proper and complete evaluation
can be made.
It is recommended that a complete evaluation of this proposal
be postponed until the above mentioned questions can be answered
in more detail than is given in the pro osal. It is further recommended
that to pose the above
query or if this is not practical then the undersigned should make
contact with
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