Comment on US commits to landing an international astronaut on the Moon - This decade
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 9 months agoSpace 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.
the_q@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Name some and we’ll talk about how it benefits the rich.
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/
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.
the_q@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Solar panels weren’t invented by NASA… neither were transistors and LEDs. Memory foam and TANG? Thanks NASA… life is sooo much better cause of you.
Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Of all the hills in the world to die on you chose “space exploration is bad and doesn’t produce useful technologies”.