Back in the Apollo days, yeah, it was about $7 per dollar, and a large bit of that was weapons. Today, it may be as high as $40 per dollar and largely pays off in things that we use daily. None of the sensors we take for granted in a smartphone would exist without space development.
NASA has brought you everything from velcro, to strain detectors, to the sensor that tells your headphones they're on your head.
Back in the Apollo days, yeah, it was about $7 per dollar, and a large bit of that was weapons. Today, it may be as high as $40 per dollar and largely pays off in things that we use daily. None of the sensors we take for granted in a smartphone would exist without space development.
NASA has brought you everything from velcro, to strain detectors, to the sensor that tells your headphones they're on your head.