Designed by N.A.S.A. - Why?
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Originally Posted by wlihntr
it was designed for and used in the seats the astronauts sit in during launch
Bingo!!!!!! Give this man a prize!!!!!
This 'memory foam' was designed into the seats of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft, so that the astronauts could have a more supportive place to sit. Probably in the shuttle's seats, too!
The astronauts were subjected to several (not sure of how many) G-Forces during launch/lift-off.
As petes79f150 said, Velcro was designed/invented by and through NASA.
Freeze-dried products, also.
There are so many products in use today, because of the geniuses at NASA and their suppliers that it would be difficult to name them all.
(Who remembers 'Tang'????????????)
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Designed by N.A.S.A. - Why?
Hey,
I tried adding foam to our bed, it worked for a while. I just bought one of those mattresses. It just arrived today. I'll let you know after I test drive it so to speak. Pretty pricey, but the wife has two herniated discs so, it's worth it to me.
Jeff
I tried adding foam to our bed, it worked for a while. I just bought one of those mattresses. It just arrived today. I'll let you know after I test drive it so to speak. Pretty pricey, but the wife has two herniated discs so, it's worth it to me.
Jeff
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Originally Posted by 48fordjeffie
Hey,
I tried adding foam to our bed, it worked for a while. I just bought one of those mattresses. It just arrived today. I'll let you know after I test drive it so to speak. Pretty pricey, but the wife has two herniated discs so, it's worth it to me.
Jeff
I tried adding foam to our bed, it worked for a while. I just bought one of those mattresses. It just arrived today. I'll let you know after I test drive it so to speak. Pretty pricey, but the wife has two herniated discs so, it's worth it to me.
Jeff
I have a bad back, neck and knees, and I slept (literally) a year on the floor! Mattresses are generally too soft for me.
My wife dragged me into the Sleep Number Bed store, and when the sales lady cranked that puppy up to 100. . . . . ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
We had one delivered that week!
We got the model that has two different settings, one for each side of the bed.
Fantastic bed!
My sleep number is 100!!
(Sorry. I didn't mean to hi-jack the thread!)
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NASA has a vast "technology transfer" program. We tax payers spend mattress-fulls of cash to fund development of countless whiz-bang stuff, much of it related in some way to space travel, some of it just basic science research. Then NASA gives back a subset of the developments so anybody with the wits to turn the whiz-bangs into useful products can make a buck. If you're doing that, you might as well tell everybody that the rocket scientists invented it - 'cause they did, and it sounds cool. That's the basic story behind all the space pens, Tang, velcro and other stuff. Now you know.
Here, go ahead and get rich yourself: http://www.nasatechnology.com/
Here, go ahead and get rich yourself: http://www.nasatechnology.com/
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Originally Posted by seventyseven250
I always wondered if anyone bought that sleep number bed. Thanks for answering that question.
I'd assume it runs on air pressure?
I'd assume it runs on air pressure?
This bed is the greatest thing since sliced bread. No joke.
I slept (literally) on the floor for 1 year.
I won't own anything else (for me, that is.)
I don't work for them, I don't own the company, but, I wish I did!
This bed ain't cheap.
I'm trying to convince my folks to buy one, but, they are so 'tight' they squeak while standing still!
(They are retired and on a fixed income, now, but. . . . )
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Nasa spent thousands to make that space pen. The russians used pencils - 2cents?
someone told me that joke and I thought it might be appropriate here. not sure if it's true or not.
someone told me that joke and I thought it might be appropriate here. not sure if it's true or not.
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Originally Posted by pchristman
Space pens I'll give you. But Tang and Velcro are urban legend stuff - neither was developed for/by the space program.
(1) Spin-offs. Few and far between. As reported in 1993 by space skeptic Bob Park, who writes a weekly news digest for the American Physical Society, an internal NASA study admitted, "To much of the public, NASA's technology transfer reputation is based on some famous examples, including Velcro, Tang and Teflon. Contrary to popular belief, NASA created none of these. . . . There have not been very many technology transfer successes compared to the potential." Park added, "In 1991, during a Senate debate on an amendment to slash funding for Space Station Freedom, Sen. [Howell] Heflin (D-AL) produced a NASA list of 74 'space spinoffs'--everything from synthetic teats for piglets to portable ice rinks. [I] challenged anyone to document that a single item on the list actually owed its existence to the space program. There were no takers."
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Originally Posted by pchristman
Space pens I'll give you. But... Velcro are urban legend stuff - neither was developed for/by the space program.
