By: lenrosen4

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:01:12 +0000

I didn’t even mention in this list the programs, AI and technology built into the rovers on Mars, the Dextre robotic arm, the Deep Space network communications relays and how much of what is incorporated into these devices is finding its way into commercial applications.

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By: Philip J Reed

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 22:11:59 +0000

It really is amazing how many different disciplines and mediums (media?) have benefited indirectly from the space program. I can safely say that most people have no idea of just how much of what we’d call “modern” civilization originated in such seemingly unrelated experiments. Thanks so much for this list…it puts the value of a space program into such obvious perspective, and I definitely didn’t know about all of these.

They say you learn something every day. I guess I’m very lucky, because most days I learn far more than that.

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By: lenrosen4

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