Funding NASA is funding this planet‘s near and long-term health. You think solar power just appeared? GPS? Weather prediction? Battery tech? Most aspects of the microcontroller? Velcro? Space sciences are planetary sciences!

April 11, 2026 - 00:15 UTC

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The dorito powder sprayer derives from NASA pressure nozzles I heard
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Right??

AND edible backpacking food!! We don’t get light, portable, tasty, nutritious, shelf-stable and just add water without space travel!
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People love to talk about the innovations that come from more but are suspiciously quiet about stuff like nasa that makes huge innovations without murdering anybody
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Meanwhile privatized space travel compartmentalizes advancement to a mere handful of individuals who are looking to trademark and monetize everything exclusively through their organizations. Knowledge gained by them will not be shared transparently, it will be manipulated to meet their views.
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Exactly.
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I was wondering if the vacuum-powered external catheter for non-penis anatomy my sister had after surgery was originally from the space program, actually.
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Or, as I called it when my mother needed it while hospitalized: “the sucky thing.”
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… wouldn’t surprise me; at least it might have been inspired by.
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