Space exploration benefitted the medical industry. Astronauts help find new information, that improves health of hospitalized patients. For example, “Research into astronaut bone calcium loss has led to better understanding and treatment of osteoporosis”(Griffin, Micheal). Astronauts helped doctors and scientists find remedies that reduce the pain of osteoporosis …show more content…
Astronauts used tempur foam, or memory foam, for better protection in their rockets. “The administration originally developed the polyurethane silicone plastic to reduce harsh impact” (Adamu. Zaina). Most humans sleep on memory foam beds, or pillows. They feel comfortable. If it weren’t for the spacewalkers, memory foam would not have existed. Vacuums also were invented by astronauts. They wanted to create a drill that would be able to extract core samples from below the lunar surface. “Black & Decker was tasked with the job, and developed a computer program to optimize the design of the drill’s motor and insure minimal power consumption. That computer program led to the development of a cordless miniature vacuum cleaner called the Dustbuster”(Spinoff 1981). They wanted to create a computer program, but it turned out to be a cordless vacuum cleaner. Humans sleep on memory foam, and use vacuums to clean. But some still go against paying money to fund space exploration.
Some people think that space exploration costs too much money. It does cost alot of money, upto 14 billion. However we pay less than 2 dollars per year. “But per person, that’s actually not so much”(Stirone, Shannon). Even though one space mission costs billions of dollars, per person it is not a