re long term human missions in article apr rpslmc edu rek siss robert kaye writes just a few contributions from the space program to regular society calculators teflon so your eggs don t stick in the pan pacemakers kept my grandfather alive from until i don t think touting contributions is a good idea world war ii produced many many beneficial spinoffs eg radar jet aeroplanes rocket technology i don t think anyone would argue that world war ii was in and of itself a good thing if you want people to back the space program it must be a good thing in and of itself paul
