Is Space Exploration a WASTE OF MONEY?

SpaceX recently tested their Starship SN8 and SN9 prototypes. These will eventually be fully reusable vehicles that transport both cargo and passengers on long-duration, interplanetary flights that take us to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Both rockets launched successfully, but exploded during attempted landings.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:22 NASA inventions
2:37 Shock abosorber
3:24 Cordless power tools
3:54 Fireproof clothing
4:37 Digital cameras
5:12 Aerogels
6:04 Conclusion
After the explosions, people picked up their digital pitchforks and came after SpaceX for wasting money that should be spent on eliminating poverty, feeding the hungry, solving homelessness, etc. I understand that reaction, but it ignores the fact that space exploration has directly or indirectly affected every person on Earth since the 1950s. Aeronautics and space research are responsible for bleeding-edge science, technology and engineering. Their inventions and discoveries eventually trickle down to civilian applications.
5 everyday products used in building construction that came from space exploration:
#1 Shock Absorber. Umbilicals are bundles of cords and tubes that deliver liquid hydrogen fuel, gases, electric power and signals to the spacecraft. These umbilicals are attached to the rocket with pyro bolts or fasteners that immediately sever once liftoff is underway. To prevent these arms from suddenly swinging into the spacecraft, shock isolation systems or dampers were invented. The dampers are pumps filled with hydraulic fluids. It converts kinetic energy of the shock impulse into heat which is then dissipated. This invention was modified and used for buildings in earthquake prone regions like San Francisco, Taiwan and Tokyo.
#2 Cordless Power Tools. NASA teamed up with Black and Decker to develop motors and batteries needed for cordless hand tools that could operate in the airless, weightless environments of space. For the Apollo missions, a special hammering rock drill was developed for astronauts to collect rock samples on the moon's surface. Using this technology, Black and Decker developed the Dustbuster in the 1970s, a hand-held vacuum cleaner with a light-weight, high-speed motor.
#3 Fireproof Clothing. On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire occurred in the Apollo 1 command module during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle killing 3 astronauts. In response, NASA teamed up with Celanese Corp to develop a synthetic fiber called polybenzimidazole or PBI. This flexible fiber has exceptional thermal and chemical stability: it does not burn, melt or emit toxic fumes. PBI is used to make firefighter’s gear, astronaut space suits, and aircraft wall fabrics.
#4 Miniature, inexpensive digital cameras. An engineer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed the CMOS sensor in 1995, a photographic chip that is used on robotic space probes to take thousands of pictures every day. CMOS stands for "complementary metal-oxide semiconductor". This space-camera innovation then led to the creation of smaller, cheaper imaging chips for smart phones, sport cams, web cams, compact digital and DSLR cameras.
#5 Aerogels! Aerogels are light-weight, translucent materials made by removing the liquid components from a gel and replacing it with air. In 1992, NASA contracted Aspen Technologies to develop "aerogel" fabrics for thermal insulation material. It has trickled down to consumer goods like PrimaLoft jackets, gloves and boot insoles. Cryogel blankets are used to wrap pipes in extremely cold applications, pyrogel blankets are used in very hot environments and Spaceloft blankets are used as building insulation.
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[@Cvwavy408]

“If we stop space exploration the funds will most likely go to Military spending rather than schools” the government really be doing us dirty with their budget spending

[@solaroid4442]

The total federal budget: Welfare - 65% Military - 15% Everything else - 20%

[@karma6574]

@@solaroid4442 Coming from the self proclaimed troll

[@solaroid4442]

@@karma6574 You can check these numbers in 10 minutes with your favorite search engine. But go ahead and call me names if it makes you feel better about your welfare department arse.

[@qaasi95]

@@solaroid4442 I mean you're pretty close to right, if you have a broad definition of "Welfare". If we're including activities as broad as subsidizing public education and standard healthcare subsidies, then yeah it's gonna be at least that high cause that's like, literally government's job. I'm sorry if I'm misrepresenting your argument, I also looked this up and found that the range of activities described in each part of the budget were very broadly defined.

[@solaroid4442]

​@@qaasi95 It's a common misconception that the US military eats up most of the federal budget, so I threw these numbers out. Lefties usually cite the discretionary budget, which is misleading for many. Welfare or benefits, it's the same thing no matter how you call it. And it's not the government's job to provide those, we can deal with it 100 times more efficient. Government's only legitimate function is to safeguard our rights. Every service outside of this frame they touch is always horribly mismanaged, politicized and often used to coerce the people into things they don't want.

[@kirankumarsukumar]

This woman is amazing with her knowledge and her humbleness in sharing it. I love youtube because of valuable creators like you. Amazing and totally love your videos

[@MyplayLists4Y2Y]

Also, without rocket technology sending satellites, telescopes, etc. into space there would be no cell phones, map applications, and on and on... how people don't know this is alarming!

[@mjw907]

NASA can forecast droughts and storms long before they occur as well!

[@ErikB605]

@@mjw907 Also monitoring forest fires with IR-Sattelites and keeping track of sealevelchange.

[@anzhonnycastillo1731]

Respectfully, I don't think it's necessarily that people don't know this or aren't aware of the advantages that space exploration has brought forth. In context though, I think it's an outcry to the lack of prioritizing human life on earth in general. If you placed efforts on researching better living, would it not yield the same or better results as accidentally (I use this term loosely) finding something applicable to life here on earth. I personally believe both should be done simultaneously, but thinking on the reasoning behind these outcries, I don't think they're invalid.

[@nntflow7058]

I support rising funding for Government run organization like NASA but not billions in funding for companies like SpaceX. Based on how much money we spent VS the technology we got. Companies like NASA provided way more bang for our buck compared to private companies like SpaceX.

[@karmapolice247]

​@@nntflow7058 Yeah you tell them mate. Ok now back to waiting on NLS... Oh wait I meant Ares V... Oh wait I meant SLS... The same SLS that will not be reusable, so the RS-25 is finally gonna be destroyed after years of reuse on the Space shuttle (I feel like there's a metaphor for Nasa in there somewhere). Oh yeah they also spent 9.1 billion dollars on the SLS, with roughly 1 billion for the launch tower (disclaimer: does not come with a badass rocket-catch mechanism). ...Oh wait nvm Nasa went to the moon, let them rest on their laurels. Government good.

[@guzz114]

keep up this quality you'll hit a mil in no time.

[@jklubnik]

Oh my goodness, so much to comment on. Digital pitchforks is a masterful term! I hope you don't mind my borrowing it! Your research and detailed explanation was brilliant!

[@graemerohrlach1740]

'....digital pitchforks' Need to remember that one! 😄

[@jimurrata6785]

SpaceX is spending _their_ money. If that troubles you, no one is stopping you from being as charitable as you like.

[@HeathBlythe]

Oof Nice argument. :D

[@MR-nl8xr]

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[@CGT80]

Yes, spacex is a private company. Why should they give away money to random people? They are a business and the goal is to make money. They do contract with the US government so the question would be, should US tax money to to space exploration? Based on another comment, will the technological improvements from private space companies bleed down to everyday consumers and everyday life? People often are simple minded and have idealistic/utopia based ideas of how things work and don't think deeper about a situation, such as Texas not being able to deal with the cold that is common place in Northern areas and the multiple reasons the problem exists.

[@jimurrata6785]

@@CGT80 I'm not even sure where the comment I replied to has gone??? 😕 The guy seemed upset SpaceX (and Elon) were making money while children went hungry... They have contracts with both NASA and the military to deliver payloads to orbit. And right now they are the *only* man rated capsule in this hemisphere.

[@CGT80]

@@jimurrata6785 Yes, somehow people think spacex is directly linked to children going hungry and money should just be diverted and it would make all the difference the world. I agree with you, that people have no say in how a private company spends their own money and those criticizing spacex probably don't want to give away their own money either.

[@TechGorilla1987]

RE: the fireproof clothing - The problem with that capsule wasn't necessarily the flammability of a particular material, it's the fact that, even for a ground test, the capsule was pressurized with pure oxygen which tends to allow even difficult materials to burst in to flames. Set aside the fact that the door configuration ensured that the seal could not be opened in the event of a fire. I understand that this is beyond the scope of your information.

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[@steveswhirld]

yeah i got that warm fuzzy feeling from that video too ...lmaoooo

[@oren2234]

maybe people just got pissed off when they saw bezos wasting money to visit space and do literally nothing...

[@gBayCanada]

Very sorry to hear of the ongoing power outage and issues you are having in Dallas. Wishing you and your family the best.

[@derekoliver5772]

Just started watching your channel today and I'm learning things I would never have thought of or considered. Thank you from a 60 year old Scotsman. Peace.

[@jeffreyatlee8785]

I love that when I disagree with you I am forced to learn more and often this leads to understanding how spot on your conclusions are.

[@gregvanpaassen]

The ability to change your mind when shown the evidence is rare. Well done!

[@Myolybear]

Great video. Always so well done and informative! Thanks Belinda!

[@BenJohnsonDotNet]

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[@ironimp1]

Many years ago when we used to write letters into our local and national newspapers, someone wrote in to say 'in the face of world hunger and thirst, how could NASA justify sending rockets to the moon, mars and beyond?' I wrote into make the point that science is connected; you cannot pick and choose which parts of it you think are worthy of experiment or not. Finding water on Mars, for example, could help us to find water in the driest parts of planet Earth. This brings us back to Belinda's point of innovation from applied experimentation, namely investment into space exploration.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Or it might not help us find water on Earth's surface. Maybe concentrating on finding water on Earth's surface would help us find water on Earth's surface better than trying to find it on Mars. You are talking out your ass.

[@ironimp1]

@@GeorgeMonet Sorry to hear that you do not believe in connected sciences, that is your choice, but I also have choices and interdisciplinary studies have helped me understand my world and how to make meaningful contributions to the built and natural environment. My work with aerogel insulation is just one example.

[@jessepender5239]

Good points! If someone is looking to get outraged by wasteful spending I would recommend focusing on military spending and mass incarceration first! Oh also the amount of the peoples money that goes to bailing out or subsidizing private industry is obscene!

[@mk1st]

Agreed. Any cuts to the civilian space budgets would most likely end up going to the military budgets to come up with the things NASA would have invented. Also, those complaining about SpaceX: hello, it's a private company.

[@terrymacleod6882]

asking for 16 billion from gov. will probably get it too. following the same pattern as tesla.

[@kjaubrey4816]

Love your no nonsense and factual approach to your videos. I always learn something.

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[@timmyg2548]

I learn so much from your channel! It's like going to school, only more interesting and fun!

[@mikegenco9646]

I was very concerned and upset to see the title frame of your video but you came through giving voice to my feelings. This is an excellent video and I am happy I subscribed.

[@schlatskii]

You're absolutely right! But what is the organization that shared every single technology you mentioned? The NATIONAL Aeronautics and Space Administration. SpaceX and other private corporations have no motivation to share any advances they make. In fact the opposite is true. I think space exploration is necessary, nationalized organization even moreso.

[@NPA_Arts]

Exactly. Those businesses are driven by profit. They would patent everything they develop and privatize whatever they can get ahold of in space. If it can’t potentially provide a profit they won’t pursue it.

[@bradleypretzer162]

Another great video, thanks for sharing!!

[@the-witness8811]

This is exactly what I keep trying to explain to people who ask me why I like space exploration (besides how cool it it). I now know that I can just give them this link and tell them to explore the site and all the things space exploration has given us and continues to do so.

[@JasonBrashares]

No to mention that fact that space exploration allows us to move off planet, thereby increasing the chances that an Earth-based extinction event won't wipe out humanity completely. If we imagine that our future existence in space and on other worlds is potentially infinite, then there is almost no cost too high to enable that future.

[@jgcondron]

No guarantee at all that we'll ever be able to live elsewhere. There's nowhere that's suitable in the Solar System. Mars will never be terraformed. It has no magnetosphere. Any liquid water would be striped away by the Sun and there's no getting around this fact. Mars once did have liquid water but no magnetosphere took care of that. There's no liquid water on Mars and that creates another huge problem. The entire planet is a ticking timebomb. Liquid water allows lubrication and gives active volcanoes with small scale localised resurfacing. That's what we have in Earth. Mars would be the complete opposite. Pressure builds and builds until there's a global volcanic eruption. Essentially the entire planet gets resurfaced. Any life would be destroyed. The Earth really is uniquely suitable for life. Nothing else comes close in the Solar System. Musk constantly promotes living on Mars as a colony, but it's never going to happen. The obstacles are just insurmountable.

[@chrisforker7487]

Another excellent video, I’ve often wondered why so much is spent on exploration!

[@ripplesandleaves]

Agreed. Smart video. And by learning about space, we learn about how the universe works, and it shifts our perspective about our own importance in it, in a healthy way. The universe will go on, with or without us. So being mindful of the choices of how we live, to preserve a healthy equilibrium that we depend on is wise. Thanks for another great video.

[@adrianmoisa2281]

Massive respect for exploring this topic!

[@jameshutchins3396]

Amen. I am a huge fan of space exploration. The only thing I would add to your wonderful list is advancement in adhesive material. As always, brilliant video

[@jawkeye]

Excellent video, thank you very much.

[@jimyeats]

A waste? No. Misdirected sometimes? Maybe. I think there is a large psychological aspect to space exploration that gives people hope, in addition to the technological advancements. With that said, I think in general it makes more sense to focus on fixing our planet - which is already habitable - than pouring untold amounts of money into colonizing a hostile planetary environment. To me it would make more sense to work on colonizing our oceans and sustainably utilizing those areas.

[@sparking023]

I'm no enginee so take this witha grrat grain of salt: "colonizing" the oceans is substantially harder, cost heavy and all around dangerous than space, and for one reason, mostly: pressure. Building any structure fighting against inside pressure is way easier than building one fighting outside pressure. Not to mention that once you go below a certain depth, resources become exponentially scarce. In terms of energy, for example, we would need to be at the oceanic floor to tap into some geothermal energy, but at that point we already spent a lot making a structure that can handle the environment. We currently know more about outer space and the cosmos whan we know about the bottom of the sea, and that's by design

[@noenglishclass4131]

This subject sounds like an IELTS essay theme. Good reasons are in your video. But we shouldn't forget it is not space against Earth's life. We have many areas that can be reduced in advance of humanity's problems. Military, for example.

[@AngelaMerici12]

Exactly. For some reason space investigation is the one people want to cut and not military. But I think is expected from people that don't know much.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Military spending is what you use to protect your nation from other nations and use to ensure that trade routes remain open and available to all nations. In other words military spending is what we have because humans are imperfect beings.

[@makapalatrace8385]

Always very thorough Great vid Thanks

[@andrefisher4292]

All excellent points...thanks!!

[@scottrogers2831]

Appreciate this. We need to work on global issues and space exploration.

[@theartofplumbing]

Nice. Learn something every day. 👍

[@rb8049]

Great job!

[@Honyakker]

Ms. Carr: This is a tried-and-true argument in support of space exploration, but it misses the point of space exploration: the expansion of human knowledge. Highly-developed economies surely have the means to explore space AND to work to improve the well-being of the least fortunate in society. In fact, in many ways they choose NOT to. A more interesting essay would have grappled with this question: Why do affluent societies not apply resources to addressing hunger, poverty, catastrophic climate change, disease, etc.? And, although you hint at it at the end, why is it so important for societies to apply vast resources of labor and wealth to the destruction of other human beings? As a portion of the Federal budget, space exploration actually represents a relatively small fraction of expenditure. 16% of the Federal budget goes to "defense and international security assistance" (including significant arms sales to the UAE), while the total of "science and medical research" represents a scant 2% of the Federal budget.

[@imarchello]

The biggest problem for humans, are other humans, hence the military budget. Anything undefended will eventually be invaded.

[@monteglover4133]

Thank You For Your video

[@godislove1602]

I was one who believed space exploration was a waste of time and money but my opinion has changed after watching this video. Thank you!

[@tinytonymaloney7832]

Great lecture and how true 👍

[@williampierce2034]

Thanks for the video, very positive.

[@j211mascorro]

How can anyone give a thumbs down to her videos, is beyond me.

[@grondhero]

The people that complain that money used for _n_ could be used for charitable ideals don't actually spend their own money on their charitable ideals; they just want others to do so. Thank you for the video! It's always nice to learn something new and even to have refreshers of what I learned long ago. :)

[@CGT80]

Exactly, Spacex is a private company who sells a service and/or product. Why should a business give away their money instead of building a profitable business. People are very simple minded, but it is nice to see that a few understand the big picture and the details.

[@mattobermiller5041]

You are describing Democrats to a T. They don't even begin to live according to their own values yet scream bloody murder that everyone else MUST live according to their values. AKA hypocrisy.

[@anderacpharmd]

I am a recent subscriber (by way of the shipping container home video) and am impressed by Belinda's ability to grasp complex situations and break them down to the most granular level.

[@johnsullivan8712]

Well said! The day we stop exploring is the start of our decline. Of course some would say decline is already here but... Really enjoy your channel. I heard that earthbag buildings were started in part for a way to build on moons and other planets using "native" materials. More earthbag projects would be appreciated.

[@Joe90V]

Really good points and the perfect closing argument - government will use it on military spending instead of health etc Water desalination should be top priority everywhere to solve water crisis and help reduce sea level rise asp

[@invaderjoshua6280]

The sad part is water cleaning of all minerals like salt is easy. We have the tech and have had it for a while. Hell I strip all minerals in a effort to get all chlorine/contaminations out of my fish tank water with a RODI filter weekly. RO, and RODI tech isn’t new. It’s just our countries don’t care enough to put money into installing huge RO plants for the future.

[@invaderjoshua6280]

ALSO TO ANYONE WHO DOSBT UNDERSTAND THE DI PART OF RODI. DO NOT DRINK PURE RODI WATER, IT WILL SAP MINERALS FROM YOUR BODY IT NEEDS TO BE REMINERALIZED! RO WATER IS SAFE RODI WITHOUT REMINERALIZATION IS NOT!

[@skybattler2624]

@@invaderjoshua6280 The issue of Water desalinization is energy efficiency. We already have plants build and the main issue they always encounter is the energy needed to maintain it. The only way to make desalinization viable is to get better energy sources... and we know the debate regarding that can of worms.

[@Justin-tg7xn]

You know that we waste more money on wars than space exploration? Space exploration is not useless and we even need more space exploration!

[@brightax7502]

yeah people keep complaining about space exploration But only using 0.5% of usas budget they changed the world Meanwhile the military uses that much money on a single warship that would sink in the matter of seconds

[@FlorianEagox]

Well I do wonder how the total costs saved from all these innovations compares to the total cost to develop them (i.e. agrogate cost of space exploration.) but that last bit is honestly totally true no matter what. We'd be no better off without the space programs.

[@DwarvenBarbarianRage]

Google says 1 dollar spent can return between 7 to 40 dollars...

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Hi. Do architects take auditory overstimulation into account when designing? It doesn't seem like it, given the number of buildings I've been in during my life.

[@jemiebridges3197]

Audio is unlike vision. Vision is basically the same even if youre color blind. Audio varies extremely between individuals. Its quite difficult to aim for a moving target. So basically its ignored unless the client requests noise reduction. And then its an engineering/material science issue, not an architectural issue.

[@John-tq4bf]

Good video Belinda. Don't fret about the naysayers since they will always be there no matter what you present. I like getting the fairly detailed analysis of your presentations regardless of the topic

[@EverydayHomeRepairs]

Good stuff Belinda, keep up the good work 👍

[@BelindaCarr]

Thank you!

[@raulacevedo-esteves9493]

NASA's budget is 0.48%, military budget is 38%. Dogs barking at the wrong tree.

[@jommeissner]

Thanx for this list. Finally something to counter those who always mention teflon frying pans (which do not come from NASA or space science!)

[@devonblake731]

I think Space exploration will also revolutionize the way we live when the moon is being mined for fuels and metals and becomes a massive source of power from nuclear fission and fusion. I’m surprised this channel doesn’t have more subscribers. Thanks for the video.

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Looking forward to this :) I would also be very interested to hear your thoughts on 3D printing in space and on the moon / mars?

[@jasperdalesamaniego3407]

My training in housekeeping thought me that HACCP is originally designed for astronauts which is being adopted by food industries around the world

[@m.rogers5846]

Just to add a few benefits of space, don't forget the thousands of lives saved each year from timely weather prediction, increased crop yields from GPS based accuracy when planting, communication for everyday folks via the internet, phone, and TV. Monitoring of the environment and atmosphere from space are central to all people everywhere. Who needs space? We all do.

[@SALSN]

It is weird that so many people want to divert money from space travel, that could greatly benefit the human race, and is absolutely necessary for our long term survival. At the same time lots more money than go into the space industry is spend on marketing soda and making terrible movies, I hear very few people try to divert these much less productive funds. What is up with that? It is awesome with all these trickle down technologies, but even if there was nothing like this, space travel would still be worth it, for its own merit.

[@CGT80]

People who compare marketing for soda, movies, or any other private company don't understand economics. Even spacex, as a private company, can not and should not have funds diverted in a free market. I AGREE with you, that it is worth spending money on space exploration but am dumbfounded by people (in general) who think private money could or should somehow be diverted to social problems. If they want to argue how government money is spent, then I can't fault them for questioning that, but if they want to argue about private money, then they better be open to someone else taking more of their own paychecks to be spent on social issues.

[@flyonbyya]

Could not agree more !!!

[@AccessUnlimited]

Really good video. While discussing economic benefits, it's only one lens. I guess the real question though is, "Is Exploration and Research worth pursuing for it's own sake, or does it need to have a quantifiable benefit". My perspective is, this is why we exist to keep exploring and discover. No doubt by exploring everywhere and researching everything we will benefit the whole planet, but to me that is a by product.

[@SFCFilms]

Totally agree, investment in space exploration now will benefit human family multiple folds. Space tourism, mining, specialist medecine manufacturing are amongst some of the additional benefits we get.

[@tunebeat3809]

Also with space exploration, there would be a major increase in jobs for people to work in.

[@aawebmanagment]

Hi Belinda, love your work, i really do. One tiny little thing though, it's etc, as in et cetera, Latin for '...and so forth' not exetera.

[@farmerjohn8770]

Historically wars were great engines of technological development. Fortunately we've managed to avoid the superpowers from going fist city and killing everyone. I see space exploration as the benign way to face huge challenges that can bring fantastic results to the general public. Thanks for pointing out a few of these benefits. I used to watch a tv show that traced the origins of current technologies (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(British_documentary)). It'd be nice if someone did that but focused just on space exploration related items.

[@rthur.]

After One Shipping container video I was hooked!!

[@markwhite9148]

You get better with every video!

[@scottinWV]

I don't know about shock absorbers. I'm pretty sure they had those on cars long before we ever launched a space craft. Yes, they are scaled up massively for the use.

[@NirateGoel]

They've been a thing since the early 1900 and before that we had spring based suspension. It's only their scaling up that was researched as a result, but realistically with or without space exploration someone would have done it anyway.

[@RetroBerner]

Cool video, but do you think that this also applies to private space exploration? Elon already reneged on his promise to open source Tesla products.

[@emmanuelm361]

Awesome work Belinda 👍 👍 👍 There is one thing that you could have added, talking about mankind increased survival possibilities. Earth resources are not unlimited and our lives are fragile (just think of our pandemic problem). Becoming a multiplanet species will secure our future and create jobs for Billions within a millenia. Thus creating the biggest industry of all times. Keep it going and take care ✌️

[@wendellgreenidge3362]

I love the thumbnail picture

[@jeffreybarry64]

YES

[@dougaltolan3017]

Maurice Houdaille had a patent for hydraulic shock absorbers in 1907 that became standard Ford parts in 1927. Just a little bit before space travel?

[@iwnasgarage480]

Memory foam is what i enjoy most.

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

The Dustbuster is NASA technology. LOL. I grew up going to tower three from operation bumblebee topsail Island North Carolina (my uncle owned it) rocket technology is very close to my heart. You are really great at creating these interesting videos Belinda thank you.

[@BelindaCarr]

Thanks for supporting me on Patreon!!

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

@@BelindaCarr Belinda your videos are fun and full of information don’t know whether everybody would be interested or not but if you’re interested tell us why the operation bumblebee towers were designed the way they are they were designed and built by the US Navy and John Hopkins University. Seems to me they must’ve been designed with some of the shock absorber technology that you spoke about in this video but on a much more primitive level

[@dacedebeer2697]

I'm so happy this didn't go the other way lol.

[@trey1531]

Poverty and world hunger is not a simple money problem. It's a very complicated problem involving social, economic, political and other issues.

[@kennethread5637]

Like you this was beautifuly presented.

[@kovanova9409]

Colonization of the moon will give us plenty of new ways to get materials that land on it constantly

[@MarkM001]

Respectfully, it's not a trickle it's a stream and it's about to be a flood. Excellent presentation!

[@jamesstepp1925]

Exactly correct. We are resource and energy poor on the earth, while space resources are literally astronomical. All this not to mention eventually being able to move our dirtiest, most polluting an dangerous industries and energy production off earth and into space where it cannot harm anything.

[@zd2243]

Space and deep ocean are our final frontiers, exploring them is worth every penny. Amazing content as always Belinda!

[@RawanaTiger]

Hey very nice educative content, awesome graphics and you have a nice polished Indian accent too, you from India?

[@jeffreybarry64]

yes it is

[@DinoAlberini]

Spoken like a true rocket scientist 🤣

[@akgunkel]

Necessity is the mother of invention. While many of these inventions might have been developed eventually, the space applications presented the immediate need and funding for the expensive first-generation versions, which wouldn't have been viable products here on Earth. Many people disparage the dream of Mars colonies, but the technologies required for a self-sustaining colony on a frozen desert world like Mars will have profound impacts when applied down here for the rest of us.

[@hjohnson143]

Love your stuff Belinda! You didn't cover one, and some might say, the ultimate reason for "wasting" money on space: seeding humanity in case the earth has a extinction level event (ELE) event! Worth mentioning? I think so!

[@Liphted]

This lady's videos are badass.

[@enysuntra1347]

+Belinda Carr, that's NASA/ESA space exploration. However, SpaceX doesn't invent new things but re-treads paths NASA/ESA blazed and gave up for more environmentally friendly ones (hydrogen instead of kerosene). Every project NASA funds for space exploration yields transfer technologies that make life better; but every contest SpaceX wins goes over budget, doesn't deliver on its promises and if anything the new technologies become proprietary - if funds aren't misappropriated in the first place, as Musk did with federal funds to bail out "Solar City".

[@erikschiegg68]

The driving and financing force behind those inventions from computers over ARPA/inter net to rocket technology and saatellites aka space exploration is in fact the military.

[@askingstuff]

No. That’s exchanging technology. They’re not the same institute.

[@who_cares848]

I would have to say yes, yes it is.

[@invaderjoshua6280]

No. Speaking from a base survival standpoint, having all your eggs in one basket is simply a countdown to extinction.

[@martinschulz9381]

Right on, thanks for sharing. This also applies to modern military spending. (Love or hate it) Many things that we use every day like GPS's went from tactical to practical.

[@mckenziekeith7434]

Normally we don't spell it out: C-M-O-S. We say the first letter 'C' but then treat MOS as a word. It is basically pronounced like this; "sea moss."

[@kennethayres4106]

It would be great if aerogel were cheap enough to use in double glazed windows, if it is clar enough.

[@patreedz]

How does jet propulsion work in a vacuum?

[@mahatmarandy5977]

All very logical and well presented, and thank you for doing it, but as a person who grew up in a NASA family, I long ago learned that people who oppose space simply aren't gonna listen to reason.

[@ronburgundy9771]

Aside, but I've never heard CMOS pronounced as an initialism. I've always referred to it as oceanic lichen (sea moss).

[@MrDINODINO74]

... definitely is . It's so much work on this planet in till space is the last option , like making green all the 3/4 desert from the only 28.5 % land and after that still remains 71.5 % water to be sort it out , and after that ? If people didn't say what they suppose to say, they can go to space for a while.

[@d73w80]

What the US really need to do is fund NASA way more. Divert some of our insane military spending to NASA, and probably some of what we spend on private space companies. NASA does an insane amount to benifit humanity even with their tiny budget. Imagine what could happen if they're given some real funding

[@jasonw137]

yeah... but where would we be if those research dollars had been directly funded into consumer goods rather than rely on the "golden shower" trickle-down effect?

[@G33K177]

Dunno why space exploration would be cut out while there's still huge military spending

[@G33K177]

@Ed MacLane maybe some day we'll be able to seperate the two

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

@@G33K177 that's why space force is good