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I pulled all of the examples from the NASA spinoff page that you linked, except for the Internet one which as we all know was initiated by DARPA. I thought that
by mixmax 17y ago
I pulled all of the examples from the NASA spinoff page that you linked, except for the Internet one which as we all know was initiated by DARPA. I thought that was under NASA, but can see now that this isn't so. Sorry about that, and thanks for clearing it up.
I commented because I (probably for the first time ever...) disagreed with patio11's comment that AI has contributed much more to humanity than spaceflight.
- patio11 17y agoI am skeptical of the spinoffs rationale for NASA. Let's say that we feel the burning, urgent need for freezedried food for humanity. OK, so let's just research freezedried food. That is pretty cheap, compared with having to blast a human into orbit in such a fashion that they don't die, and gains absolutely nothing from being associated with the space program. Ditto everything NASA has ever produced except satellites. That is the sole example where spaceflight qua spaceflight was actually valuable to us.
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