November 11, 2021
Some of you know that Jill plans, in her next life, to be a space traveler. In this life, she gets car sick so leaving earth’s atmosphere isn’t going to happen. 😊 Nevertheless, she enjoys learning what is on the horizon outside of Earth.
NASA has done a poor job of telling us the benefits society has gained from discoveries and inventions for the space program.
According to USA Today, “Inventions we use every day that were actually created for space exploration,” (July 8, 2019), we now have:
Other items invented through NASA are:
The lead time for space exploration is decades. Currently under construction is the James Webb Space Telescope. This is a project with space agencies from Europe, Canada and NASA. The telescope is 100 times more powerful than Hubble and will orbit the sun.
Using infrared wavelengths, the plan is to find how galaxies are formed, look for elements of life in other galaxies, peer into dusty clouds that the Hubble cannot.
It too has created inventions translating into everyday life. Different inventions to launch this are resulting in improved diagnostics for ocular disease, laser devices improving semiconductor manufacturing, condensed electronics that helped repair Hubble. This technology is also being applied to our mobile phones.
So, Jill will enjoy watching the next phase of exploration dreaming of her flight in her next life. She is especially partial to space opera books. No surprise there.
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