Posted by M. Lee on February 6, 2003, at 7:58:22
In reply to Biggest dividend from manned space?..........Tang!, posted by Marathon Man on February 4, 2003, at 7:31:04
The perfume research was not funded by tax payer money. To offset the cost of space missions NASA reserves space and sells it to the highest commercial bidder. Is it trivial? The capitalist marketplace doesn't think so.
The "ant farm" was part of a NASA project to involve students in space shuttle research as one part of an educational initiative.
The prostate cancer cell research speaks for itself.
The combustion research has the goal of creating more fuel efficient engines with less pollution.
I could go on, but then I would be typing for days. My vote for the biggest dividend from space would be for the smoke detector.
(BTW, Tang was not invented by NASA. But they did invent those little ketchup packets that you get with fast food.)
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