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

• 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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  • 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.

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    • 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”.

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      • the_q@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        At least the hill I’m dying on is on this planet.

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