Comment on US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon - This decade

• the_q@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There are lots of difficulty things that actually benefit the people of this planet that can be improved upon. Let’s focus on something like climate change instead.

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  • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Space programs are notorious for not developing whole slews of useful technologies that provide benefits in other sectors. Nope, nothing developed by or for NASA will find unexpected uses anywhere other than space exploration. No sirree.

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    • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Name some and we’ll talk about how it benefits the rich.

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      • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here’s a good list… a decent portion of those are every day items that we’ve gotten used to or just take for granted: jpl.nasa.gov/…/20-inventions-we-wouldnt-have-with…

        Weather satallites GPS A bunch of different medical treatments/tech were developed on top of groundwork layed out by NASA: …howstuffworks.com/…/nasa-breakthroughs-in-medici… MRIs, artificial heart pumps, and more.

        A bunch of different alloys that have since been used in a large number of industries for various purposes: ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20100021913 Titanium alloys were lighter and more durable and made them ideal for use as bicycle frames or even in some medical applications.

        Here’s a link to a tech brief from NASA in 1969 where they discuss the potential for some of their invented alloys to be used in medical applications for implants and prosthetics: ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/…/19690000087.pdf

        And here’s a link showing what kind of materials are used in biomedical applications today: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8546395/

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      • Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Solar panels, memory foam, LEDs. Goddamned transistors.

        Listen, if you’re just hearing about this shit here and now pour yourself a nice glass of tang and read up because whatever education you got is not serving you.

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  • GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or both because we can do both

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