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 * //Spin-offs//**

Spin-offs if you didnt know are items that are orginally ment to help astronauts and there journey into space but were also used on earh to help with things like enviromental issues, econimacal and so on.Nasa has made alot of spin-offs (some exaples up top) some very usfull others not so usefull.Even now NASA is till working on things meant for space that will probably help us in the futer like the new lithum battery that nasa is devolping it will provide alot more energy then normal lithum batterius and be able to power a car, or like the swim suit/speedo that NASA has devolped origanally for space but now athelets are using it and there breaking many records with them 94% of gold metals won in the 2008 olympics were won because of the suit. wide-screen panoramic photography technologies developed for the Mars rovers have found more “down-to-Earth” photographic and virtual exploration applications for consumers. With industry partners, NASA scientists created a prototype for the Gigapan robotic platform for consumer cameras, which automates the creation of highly detailed digital panoramas. NASA has always been on the cutting edge of aviation safety research, though many of the technologies the Agency develops also find practical application in ground transportation safety. One of the most prominent examples of this type of technology transfer is the grooved pavement developed by NASA in the early 1970s. While researching runway conditions, NASA scientists discovered that cutting narrow grooves into the surface of runways allowed rainwater to flow off of the tarmac, decreasing the troubles associated with wet, slick runways, including slipping, hydroplaning, poor handling, and reduced braking times. This lead to many plane crahes But thancks to NASA's new anti-iceing spray that can be placed on planes most of these type's of cases have been resolved, This" ice-spray" is used today to de-ice windows of cars and trucks to help make live easier during the winter. Low-temperature oxidation catalysts developed to enhance the operational life of carbon dioxide lasers are being used in the high-speed motor sports arena as air purifiers, so professional racecar drivers do not get carbon monoxide poisoning. Over several decades, the manufacturer of NASA’s space suits has managed to develop a wide range of uses for the space-born textiles, with applications ranging from pharmaceutical manufacturing to the creation of lighter-than-air vehicles.


 * //Examples Of Spin-offs//**

Air Quality Moniters- These were desinged by NASA to remove cemicals in the air in bulk to keep the air clean as can be in the space station. These are knw used alot in factory type situations that usually invole smokestacks to filter the air for enviromental issueswhile in space there are many chemicals in the air that are toxic and can not be filtered by the earth because your in space.While on earth many chemicals that realsed into the air are usaually mixed into the air but because of the confined space because of there being no air or oxgyen other then on the space staion or ship as the dangers of space and the unknown many chemicals that are realed into the air on earth are spread because of the large area making it less dangerous and confined. On ships and stions there are dangerous gases such as methayne and other chemicals and gases put out by the machines and science that takes place in th unvirse, these chemicals and gases such as carbon and methayne are lethal when it is realesed in such a combined area in space sucha s a space station.

Solar Energy- NASA-pioneered by NASA for a power system for spacecraft applications was applied to programs to expand terrestrial applications as a alternative energy source in areas where no conventional power source exists. Solar enegry is A very important resource of energy in space becuase of the availabilty of it and how much energy it can produce. While in space there arent any gas station or wal-marts to get batteries so energy conservation is a big thing, could you imagine being on a sppace shuttle or space ship without any energy would you die becuase there wouldnt be any energy heading to the life support system. The sicence behind energy is fairly simple there is a solar battery which contains solar cells that gather energy form the sun and heat that is out out. Solar energy is now used alot as it is an easy way to make energy without paying, after you spend the money to buy they actual solar panel. On earth there are many people who use solar panels where energy is hard to get and is expensive. In many areas of the world such a s third world countries this type of enrgy is a very dependble source of energy. As many people thinck that solar panels are not dependble becuase they can break easily is wrong, you can throw a rock and the solar panel and it wont break this is how it can last through hail storms and rain een though its not reccomended you try.



=NASA-The **National Aeronautics and Space Administration**=

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 * //Thanks for making life easier for us NASA.