People ask all the time whether the money we put into space exploration actually helps us here on Earth. Is it worth the money we’re spending? Trace takes a look at a few recent projects that are helping people here on Earth as we speak!

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Spinoff
http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2013/pdf/Spinoff2013.pdf
“A commercialized product incorporating NASA technology or expertise that benefits the public.”

Brainwave Monitoring Software Improves Distracted Minds
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140000092.pdf
“Imagine moving an object using only your mind. Software company Unique Logic’s Time on Tank exercise makes that feat possible, at least on a computer screen.”

Shuttle Engine Designs Revolutionize Solar Power
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20140000098.pdf
“One of the hottest solar energy plants in the world was developed from one of the hottest space technologies ever engineered: the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME).

Mars Cameras Make Panoramic Photography a Snap
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20090002506.pdf
“If you wish to explore a Martian landscape without leaving your armchair, a few simple clicks around the NASA Web site will lead you to panoramic photographs taken from the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity.”

Gigapixel Images Connect Sports Teams with Fans
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20130009024.pdf
“NASA’s twin Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, remain one of the Agency’s greatest achievements in exploration.”

How Spaceflight Software Helps Fight Bank Fraud
http://www.space.com/26249-spaceflight-software-fight-bank-fraud.html
“The same technology that controls spacecraft circling hundreds of miles above Earth is now being used to sniff out bank fraud.”

Identifying Alzheimer’s using space software
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-alzheimer-space-software.html
“Software for processing satellite pictures taken from space is now helping medical researchers to establish a simple method for wide-scale screening for Alzheimer's disease.”

To Moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, ‘Tang Sucks’
http://www.space.com/21538-buzz-aldrin-tang-spaceflight.html
“Tang — the orange drink in powdered form made famous by thirsty astronauts — just got slammed by the second man to walk on the moon.”

Gigapan Inaugural Image Is NASA-Derived Rover Technology
http://www.universetoday.com/24222/gigapan-inaugural-image-is-nasa-derived-rover-technology/
“If you’ve been oohing over CNN’s ‘The Moment’ ‘photo-synth’ image of last week’s presidential inauguration, there’s another version that might be even better because you don’t have to download Microsoft’s bulky Silverlight software to see it.”

LROC Northern Polar Mosaic (LNPM)
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/images/gigapan
“On 18 June 2009, NASA launched the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) to map the surface of the Moon and collect measurements of potential future landing sites as well as key science targets.”

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