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To: ManyMoose who wrote (290558)	2/2/2009 1:43:20 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794276

Right now, people like me can't comprehend how it can be done. It can't. The Tech for it is at least 50 years off, if then. Right now, it's "pie in the sky." Even worse than the "sunbeams and windmills" the Global Warming folks are trying to sell us now.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (290558)	2/2/2009 2:16:58 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794276

Lots of jobs created here: Some products derived from the Space Program: “The Benefits of Space Exploration” spacecoalition.com The Coalition showcases the rich bounty of products that are fostered by space exploration, a long list that includes satellite television and telecommunications and myriad medical technologies, sports equipment and tools that impact and improve our lives each and every day. The following is a list of products derived from the space program. For more detailed information, click here to view the NASA spinoff page. 360 Degree Camera 3-D Synthetic Vision Flight Displays Advanced Hydrogen Sensors Advanced Lubricants Advanced Welding Torch Aerodynamic Bicycle Wheels Air Catalysts for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Aircraft Collision Avoidance Aircraft Design Analysis Airline Wheelchairs Airliner TV Transmission Via Satellite AiroCide TiO2 Air Purifier Anthrax Smoke Detector Arteriosclerosis Detection Artificial Heart Astronaut Plant Bag Athletic Shoes Audiometric System for Hearing Assessment Automated Urinalysis Automatic Insulin Pump Automotive Design BAFCO Linear Actuators Balance Evaluation System Biomass Production System for Education Bioreactor Demonstration System Bioreactor Human Tissue Growth Bone Analyzer Breast Biopsy Breast Cancer Screening Bridge Safety Improvements Cabin Pressure Altitude Monitor and Warning System Camera on a Chip Cardiac Pacemaker Cataract Surgery Tools Chemical Warfare Hood Chromosome Analysis Clean Room Apparel Clean Water for Homes Coastal Zone Color Scanner Compact Blood Diagnostic Equipment Compact Fire and Rescue Extraction Devices Composite Forceps Composite Materials Development - Golf Clubs Computer Joysticks Computer-Aided Tomography (CAT Scanner) Convection Oven Cool Vest Therapeutic Suits Cordless Power Tools and Appliances Corporate Jet Wing Designs Corrosion Protection Coating Crop Dusting Improvements Crop Growing Improvements DeBakey Heart Pump Dental Arch Wire Digital Mammography Diving Optical Profiler DMI Remote Sensing Fish-Finding Service Doppler Radar Ear Thermometer Edible Toothpaste Electric Car Emission Testing Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron Remediation Energy Storage Systems Engine Coatings Engine Design Engine Lubricant Failsafe Flashlight Fetal Heart Monitor Fire Detection Systems Firefighter Breathing System Firefighter Radios Firefighting Equipment Fireman’s Air Tanks Fitness Equipment Flame Detector Foam-In-Place Seating Technology Freeze Drying Technologies Gas Detector Gasoline Vapor Recovery Geosynchronous Orbiting Golf Ball Aerodynamics GPS Navigation Helmet Padding High Temperature Soldering Blocks High-Pressure Waterstripping Historical Document Condition Analysis Home Insulation Human Tissue Stimulator Implantable Heart Aid Improved Aircraft Engines Inertial Motion-Tracking for Virtual Reality Infrared Camera Infrared Thermometer Insulation Insulin Pumps Interactive Computer Training InTime Agricultural Remote Sensing Invisible Braces Kidney Dialysis Land Mine Removal Device Laser Angioplasty Laser Heart Surgery Laser Wire Stripper Lead Poison Detection Lifeshears - Emergency Rescue Cutters Lightning Protection Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES) Lubricant Coating Process Machine Tool Software Magnetic Bearing System Magnetic Liquids Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical Gas Analyzer Methane-Powered Vehicles Microelectromechanical Systems Microlasers Miniature Accelerometers Modified Carbon Nanotube Materials Ocean Fluorometer Ocular Screening Oil Spill Control PackBot Tactical Mobile Robot Palate Surgery Technology Personal Storm Warning System Pesticide-Free Mosquito Killing System Phenotype MicroArray Photodynamic Therapy Physical Therapy Pill Sized Transmitter Plantronics Wireless Communications Devices Portable X-Ray Device Precision Lightning Strike Location System Programmable Pacemaker PRO-SAN Non-Toxic Microbicidal Santizer Prosthesis Material Protective Clothing PureSense Water and Air Purification Systems Quartz Clock Radiant Barrier Technology Radiation Hazard Detector Real-Time Emergency Action Coordination Tool Remote Controlled Light Switch Remote Command and Control Appliances Ribbed Swimsuit Robotic Arms Robotic Hands Satellite Computer Data Transmission Satellite Computer Image Transmission Satellite Crop Growth & Monitoring Satellite Fishing Technology Satellite Stabilization Satellite Telephone Signal Transmission Satellite TV Transmission School Bus Improvements Secure Mobile Router System Self-Locking Fasteners Self-Righting Life Raft Ski Boots Skin Care Product Effectiveness Technology Smoke Detector Improvements Smoke Penetrating Forest Fire Analysis Solar Power Technologies Solid State High-Power Transmitters Space Pens SpiraFlex Resistance Exercise Device Stadium Roofing Fabric Standing Wave Reflectometer Wire Analyzer Studless Winter Tires Sunglasses Blocking Harmful Rays Surgical Brain Tumor Probe Temper Foam Technology Temperature Pill Thermal Gloves and Boots Thermal Protection Insulation Tire Deflating Devices - MagnumSpike Tollbooth Air Purification Ultrasound Scanners Ultrasound Skin Damage Assesment VEGGIE - Deployable Vegetable System Vehicle Brake Improvements Vehicle Tracking Velcro Video Stabilization Virtual Reality Vision Screening System Voice Controlled Wheelchair Warfighter Accelerated Recovery Waste Heat Energy Conversion Waste Water Purification Water Purification Weight Saving Composite Materials Welding Sensor System Whale Tracking Technologies Windshear Prediction WindTracer for Tracking Aircraft Wake Vortices Wireless Communications ZipNut And here is a link to the NASA spinoff page sti.nasa.gov Spinoff is NASA's annual premier publication featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology. For more than 40 years, the NASA Innovative Partnerships Program has facilitated the transfer of NASA technology to the private sector, benefiting global competition and the economy. The resulting commercialization has contributed to the development of commercial products and services in the fields of health and medicine, industry, consumer goods, transportation, public safety, computer technology, and environmental resources. Since 1976, Spinoff has featured between 40 and 50 of these commercial products annually. Spinoff maintains a searchable database of every technology published since its inception. If you think you have the makings of a spinoff, please contact us through the contributor form.