> What tangible benefit have we gotten from the space station and other space missions? > Well-known products that NASA claims as spinoffs include memory foam

> What tangible benefit have we gotten from the space station and other space missions? > Well-known products that NASA claims as spinoffs include memory foam (originally named temper foam), freeze-dried food, firefighting equipment, emergency "space blankets", DustBusters, cochlear implants, LZR Racer swimsuits, and CMOS image sensors. Plenty more in this well written list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spinoff_technologies