| Spieglergirls |
07-17-2009 10:18 PM |
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Originally Posted by amacontent
(Post 16078025)
True or false has it helped anything here on earth.
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Yes it has.
http://www.techbriefs.com/spinoff
Also, plenty of items widely in use have ties to the space program. Here's a sampling:
Global communications and GPS systems: NASA can't take credit for your cell phone or iPod. But it did develop smaller, more lightweight computer systems to put on its spacecraft, helping drive technology in that direction. And experts say we likely wouldn't have our global communications systems, or that GPS mounted on the dash, without NASA.
Enriched baby formula: In the early 1980s, NASA conducted experiments with algae to gauge how it might be used on long space flights involving humans to provide food or oxygen or help with waste disposal. Scientists realized the algae could provide nutritional supplements, like two fatty acids ? DHA and ARA ? previously found only in human milk.
Freeze-dried foods: Although NASA didn't invent the process of freeze-drying food, the agency worked on preserving foods and their nutrients.
Athletic fabrics, equipment and gear: Plenty of sports advances have ties to work done for NASA, from reflective blankets that runners wrap themselves in following marathons to strong, lightweight material in certain golf clubs to cushy padding in some sneakers. Nottingham, U.K.-based Speedo International Ltd. enlisted the help of NASA and others when it wanted to design swimsuits to reduce drag from skin friction in the water. Twenty-five new swimming world records were set during the summer Olympics in Beijing in 2008 ? 23 of those were by athletes wearing LZR Racer swimsuits, the company said.
Cordless tools: Black & Decker created cordless power tools separately from the space program but later manufactured tools for NASA use.
Joe, I know you're a hockey player. So, check these out:
NASA technology aids Hockey Players: http://www.henryfordhealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&id=46335&action=detail&ref=54 9
NASA technology & Hockey sticks: http://www.sti.nasa.gov/tto/Spinoff2005/ch_3.html |
