How NASA Gave Us a Better Mattress

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[@funawesome2006]

Ok

[@elisebrown5157]

Proof that some of the best innovation is not driven by corporate profit-seeking. This is why we need our government to continue funding NASA and other scientific organizations.

[@Eli-234]

Most of the big technological breakthroughs are from public/government institutions or at least government funded. Most companies don't like spending billions of dollars and decades of research on something that might not even work.

[@bndlett8752]

@@Eli-234 Yeah. That, and investors are a huge road block as to how much companies can do in terms of innovation. If a company is publicly traded (Google, Spotify, etc.) then it will be pretty vulnerable to not being able to innovate in the long term as investors are protected by courts.

[@EmyN]

Pharmaceutical drugs also rely on government-funded science, aka the population taxes

[@muttomman]

@@Eli-234 THIS! And also @EmyN The gov funds it, publishes it for free (like weather reports used by all apps) & &the private sector builds upon it to profit.

[@prophetzarquon1922]

There's hardly a single noteworthy piece of software, that _isn't_ reliant on open source code written just because a programmer wanted it, rather than just because someone paid for it.

[@1038bro]

imagine what nasa could do with the military's budget

[@atheoristspointofview7059]

Last time that happened (the only time) we got space ships 100 years in advance

[@ChrispyNut]

Space Lasers!!!! Oh, no, wait. That's already been done. MTG said so!

[@evelynveronica8234]

i think about this all the time. the military gets 50% and NASA gets 0.5%

[@ryansadventures8708]

The sun would be blotted out with rockets.

[@3nertia]

Or what they could do if they and the entire rest of humanity wasn't beholden to capitalism and profit margins ...

[@Lowlandlord]

So...if I rip up the walls I can find cotton candy, a shiny blanket, AND piss off the land lord? Win win win!😅

[@diekrahe.]

Could piss on the landlord

[@mentalpasient6823]

@diekrahe that’s what I read before I read it right

[@virid4074]

​@@diekrahe.They don't like that either Or so I hear...

[@kats9755]

Raccoon-coded 🦝

[@dregenius]

Don't worry, you'll pretty much never find insulation worth mention in the walls of a LandLeeches "building shaped box" - why care when it's not their energy bills? IMPRISON ALL LANDLEECHES.

[@KaceyGreen]

My solar guy explained the reason my attic looks like the old TV dinner trays was NASA tech; now I've got a proper name for it, radiant barriers, thanks

[@BenjaminBjornsen]

Metallized BoPET polyester film (BoPET - biaxially oriented polyethylene teraphthalate)

[@VAL9THOU]

Fiberglass. The snack that bites you back

[@Redsauceconsumer]

Now with pain+ vitamin

[@AndreasHolmgren]

did you know that the name of fiberglass does not relate to the fact that it is both fibrous and gassy but refers to Robert fiberglass who won the naming rights in the fiberglass eating contest

[@KayleeWhite1]

Giving Hank a second camera to stare down was the best decision. Also the new practical set is great.

[@alext7074]

I agree. The studio that looked like a bedroom was awful

[@ChrispyNut]

To steal from Monty Python: "Apart from all of those things, what has NASA ever done for us, eh???"

[@XenoCrimson-uv8uz]

Sounds like my parents when I say I don't want to do something, "WTF did you ever do?"

[@Echo81Rumple83]

i srsly need to binge-watch that again; i can't rightly remember which sketch that line came from, but it'd def one of their best :3

[@ChrispyNut]

@@Echo81Rumple83 Wasn't from the show. That one's from Life of Brian. E2A: I tried a binge a year or two back (prob lockdown, actually) ... not aged too well, so much was current events, current trends, culture and .... what would be ick today.

[@mrentity2210]

... The aquaduct?

[@andredelacerdasantos4439]

Like, plumbing

[@trbjrnjnssn]

Very impressed that seals can regulate temperatures between -200 to +200.

[@murraycrichton2001]

I beleive its the holding their breath in space is an issue thou.

[@rinakatsuki2801]

Don't forget how their lungs would just collapse in the void of space!

[@taylortimbrook2030]

Nah the impressive part is them being to hop thu space 😄

[@Hobbyblasphemist]

So the aquatic Xindii from Star Trek Enterprise is probably the most true to life part of the series!

[@mayaenglish5424]

HANK why are you not wearing your NASA jacket for this video?!?!?! Missed opportunity!

[@SNixD]

NASA is a pretty good investment if you look at society as a whole. I remember reading about how one single technology developed for Hubble made some form of surgery cheaper and the savings from just that one thing could quickly pay for the entire telescope.

[@mayaenglish5424]

I read years ago that it was something like a 14 to 1 exchange rate. For every dollar invested, NASA produced 14 dollars back into the economy in value just through their inventions. And that is a very conservative estimate (It doesn't count all the people NASA inspired to go into stem or any of their achievements, or all the spin off tech from NASA's tech, or all the people's lives they saved through their medical technology that could then return to the workforce, etc). People grump around shortsightedly saying "why don't you focus on REAL issues that affect REAL people on earth harumph harumph!" Not realizing that that's not how science works. Blue skies research is tremendously valuable, pushing the boundaries of the unknown will ALWAYS be valuable to "real issues" in the long term in unexpected ways down the road. Trying to solve insane challenges pushes people to make insane breakthroughs. Blackhole research is impacting the future of quantum computers! You never know what you will learn!

[@SNixD]

@@mayaenglish5424 Yeah, investing in hard science is the real trickle down economics

[@mayaenglish5424]

@@SNixD lol

[@theninja4137]

@@mayaenglish5424 if we didn't try to fling something in an earth orbit to see if we could, we now wouldn't be able to do it for weather satelites, climate research, mapping, gps, telecommunication, ..., purposes

[@thamiordragonheart8682]

@@mayaenglish5424 I think my favorite example of NASA spinoff tech just because it's ridiculously mundane are the groves on concrete highway ramps to improve traction in the rain. they were invented for the space shuttle because that's what it took to inspire an engineer to work on the problem, and it's saved so many lives with hardly anyone ever noticing it's even there.

[@user-gn2qj5jr2z]

butt.. if i’m going to die when i hit the ground maybe i want the chair foam to immortalize my butt impression for future generations

[@DemPilafian]

The #1 and #2 NASA spinoffs are: 1) World leading scientists and engineers who go into private industry 2) America's reputation around the world for amazing research and technology

[@Just_A_Dude]

The US Military's budget in 1958 & 1959, the first two years of NASA's existence, were both a bit over $350 billion, not adjusted for inflation, for a total of just over $700 billion. We've only spent $650 billion on NASA _in total_ from 1958 to this year's budget.

[@muttomman]

Wwwwwooooowwww! Really?! & _NOT_ inflation adjusted to boot!!? Well, I guess those pollies gotta have $$$ to but more investment properties tho.

[@3nertia]

Our landlord doesn't even want to pull up the floor themselves, even when it's rotting and needs replaced, so ...

[@prophetzarquon1922]

I swear I've seen more plastic shower\bath liners laid over moldy surfaces, than I've seen actual tub replacements. Wall-to-wall carpeting is awful, too. By the time it's done offgassing, it's collected detritus that will never be sucked away. Yet, landlords balk at replacement & try to blame tenants every time. (Next time, don't install something that can't be removed for cleaning!) Upkeep has become a dirty word, I think.

[@3nertia]

@@prophetzarquon1922 If it doesn't make more money than it costs then capitalism doesn't incentivize them to give a damn :/

[@HotelPapa100]

NASA does not really avoid insulation because of bulk and weight. Convection is just not a factor in space, so filling walls with cotton doesn't do anything. An addition to CMOS sensors: CMOS is not limited to photo sensor application; The techology has also given us less power hungry electronic circuits in general.

[@ajchapeliere]

Wouldn't radiative and conductive heat transfer be more relevant here though? Solar radiation heats up outer layer of the craft which will still conduct heat inward at connection points and radiate it inwards in any spaces that aren't insulated or kept in a vacuum state, iirc.

[@HotelPapa100]

@@ajchapeliere Yep. Radiative is most relevant. And the invention Hank mentions deals with radiative insulation. Conductive can be dealt with with the dewar principle: double skins. When I say "insulation" in the OP I mean stuffing insulation, as we normally employ it in buildings.

[@pedi-kun3978]

i thought CMOS battre use for storing time

[@HotelPapa100]

@@pedi-kun3978 Trqanslation: "I thought CMOS battery was used for storing time" That's one very limited application of CMOS technology that you come in contact with. When CMOS was still exotic and expensive, there was one CMOS-RAM chip in a PC that was used to store variable system parameters. CMOS was used for its power-saving properties (CMOS basically consumes current only when it is changing state). This chip was powered by a battery, so that these parameters were not lost when the PC was switched off. Naturally, the same battery was also used to keep the internal clock powered. (Much less important today, when every computer is connected to the internet and can get time from there.) Today, more or less all circuitry in a PC is CMOS based, so calling this battery the "CMOS battery" is kind of an anachronism.

[@Rubrickety]

The thermal blankets pictured are so effective that their wearers are smiling happily and the frozen wasteland they were trapped in has turned into a lush green meadow.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

I got one of those as a Christmas present in 1974 or 75. Back then it was called a "Space Blanket". Silver on one side, kind of shiny orangey on the other. 8-year-old me thought it was SO awesome to have an astronaut blanket while I drank my Tang drink with my lunch.

[@sophierobinson2738]

@@MonkeyJedi99I liked the Space Food sticks with my Tang.

[@pvsimson]

thank you hank i was about to eat a handful of fiberglass

[@MaekarManastorm]

Ok nasa .. I want my stargate now

[@sophierobinson2738]

I want a transporter.

[@rifqitaqiuddin]

You will get that as soon as you treat their budget like you treat departement of Defense's budget.

[@ilyasofficial1617]

dyson sphere please, and also jupyter brain

[@JRandaII]

We can thank space exploration for many of the conveniences and comforts that we enjoy today. I say keep experimenting. More great things may still come from it.

[@muttomman]

I'm still waiting for a pen that works upside down

[@danielbickford3458]

I have a friend who doesn't really approve of space exploration. He's of the opinion that we can spend the money better down here. When I said that NASA and other space agencies have invented all sorts of odds and ends that we find very useful his response is well why couldn't they have just made a think tank to have people invent the stuff. I don't think he really understands how much people will invent when they have a problem versus just bouncing around hypotheticals

[@nUrnxvmhTEuU]

The fact that there aren't any equivalent organisations with noble earthly goals like ending poverty and hunger is genuinely sad. However, it's not an either-or scenario - it's not like creating such an organisation requires the abolishment of NASA, nor would the abolishment of NASA lead to the creation of such an organisation. This kind of false dichotomy can be made with literally everything. "All those creative people in the arts are such a waste. If they're so creative, why aren't they creating solutions to world problems?" /s

[@mayaenglish5424]

Your friend is shortsighted and doesn't understand how science works. "oh we'll just get a magic think tank together and come up with something that doesn't exist yet." 🙄 Tell your friend to look into the history of science, and blue skies research, and to stop being ignorant of reality. But say it nicer than that so it works better lol.

[@pointyorb]

@@nUrnxvmhTEuU It's like when people say speedrunning is a waste of time

[@pointyorb]

Reminds me of how I heard that establishing a Moon colony would aid in the development of a cure for cancer; it would be in much higher demand without an insulating ozone layer to keep the deadly lasers out

[@muttomman]

I think your friend understands the difference between government spending on research & releasing the results into the public domain _versus_ how that government information is used by the -public- private sector to profit from it, ie: - around 99.99% of weather apps use the governments weather stations in their apps but pay the government nothing in return.

[@zaper2904]

0:32 I don't know I don't think I've ever eaten any mattresses.

[@TheSpearkan]

There's an Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy reference to be made somewhere.

[@shanebanzet7205]

Underrated comment.

[@luroma2814]

Very tasty acually

[@westcoastweaver8403]

I did not know I needed Hank Green saying don't eat fiberglass insulation in my life. I have never had the urge to do it. But somehow, i am more complete knowing that Hank doesn't want me to do it.

[@taznz1]

The underfloor foil at 2:57 is banned in New Zealand after multiple fatalities from electrocution.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Yeah, instead of making home builders actually follow code, remove a useful product that saves homeowners money in climate control. Sounds thoroughly government-y.

[@prophetzarquon1922]

😳 Is wiring insulation not required, there?

[@mailleweaver]

@@prophetzarquon1922 It could lead to electrocution by interfering with the grounding of electrical systems. If it touched a grounded electrical box and a grounded pipe, the electrical system would have two grounds, which can lead to partial electrification of things that users directly touch (and potentially electrification of things that wouldn't normally be electrified, like plumbing). Giving an electrical system more paths to ground makes it less safe rather than more safe if it's not done in the right ways. Wiring insulation isn't going to prevent all electrocutions. That's why grounding systems as a safety backup are a thing. Something that disrupts that safety backup will open the possibility of electrocution when something (like pests or vibrations) damage wiring insulation or when an electrical connection comes loose for whatever reason and the loose wires touch things they normally shouldn't.

[@CLipka2373]

For the records: CMOS is _not_ actually an image sensor technology, but rather a generic microchip technology, which is also used in e.g. computer CPUs. The proper acronym for the image sensor technology referred to in the video would be "APS", which stands for "Active-Pixel Sensor". While this happens to be usually implemented in CMOS technology ("CMOS APS"), the "CMOS" part is not the primary characteristic of this sensor type.

[@prophetzarquon1922]

A shame the camera industry hasn't used more accurate terminology... "CMOS sensor" has been the term used to describe these things, in every spec sheet I've ever seen since the '90s.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

1:00 if the Space Station is orbiting 16 hrs a day, then is a "day and night" cycle not just 90 minutes? That sort of thermal cycling is insane.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

16 times* per day

[@EcceJack]

Yup, exactly right! And it's even worse, because even in daylight, if e.g. a solar panel, or Canadarm, or whatever, casts a shadow on a part of the structure, that will effectively make it nighttime (and -200 C) there, while the surroundings are still at +200 C. And rhe shadows shift as the ISS orbits

[@toomanyopinions8353]

@@RobKaiser_SQuestyou can edit your original post

[@fsihfhsifihsfshifhis]

I always wondered why NASA invented the memory foam mattresses. Astronauts don't sink into mattresses, you just strap them to a wall and they gently float into the most comfortable sleep position, so why would their mattresses be relevant for people sleeping on earth?

[@danielmacnair7262]

Astronauts need good mattresses for takeoff.

[@billyalarie929]

@@danielmacnair7262still. We’re on earth, not taking off. Even on a plane, we’re not going THAT far.

[@lenabreijer1311]

Takeoff at many Gs and landing. Dead or damaged astronauts aren't much use.

[@laurenno8674]

Paused vid to ask Hank why that remark about fiberglass sounded so personal

[@willp2906]

Interesting fact about aerogel, like many cool technologies with civilian applications, it's also employed by the military, specifically in thermonuclear weapons, aka hydrogen bombs. The aerogel contains the heat of the first stage fission bomb for long enough for it to ignite a fusion reaction in the second stage.

[@amasterofone]

DHA (along with dietary changes) helped me lower my triglycerides enough that my Dr didnt need to put me on medication 😄 That and my omega 3s are my one two punch to keep my heart healthy

[@b_uppy]

HATE memory foam in mattresses because of overheating, including those mattresses that claim to have "cooling technology"...

[@merrillsunderland8662]

Sounds like you need a radiant barrier

[@b_uppy]

@@merrillsunderland8662 Lol.

[@trulyinfamous]

I tried a memory foam mattress topper because it came with mine, but it gave me the most unpleasant sleep I've ever had. I like firmer beds so the squishyness which ensnared me and prevented me from moving led to horrible back pain and discomfort.

[@BionicMilkaholic]

I sink to different depths which makes my back all sorts of twisted and bent.

[@b_uppy]

@@trulyinfamous Good point! It really does inhibit larger movement. It can also foster a "smothered" feeling,

[@DrRiley01]

I love my tempur mattress that is based on nasa tech. It was expensive but reliefs my back pain more than anything else

[@aarnavlovesnature]

Thanks SciShow for making Science easy!

[@Influx27]

I know it's just a result of him surviving cancer, but Mr Green looks good with curly hair

[@charliesonthespot]

Love the curls, Hank! DFYARA

[@katarh]

They grew in naturally after he finished chemotherapy, according to some of his other videos. One of the strange but true weird side effects of surviving cancer.

[@icecreamtruckog3667]

Temper beds are crap, you just sweet the night away due to a lack of air moving around your body.

[@dc2guy2]

my next matress will be a natural latex one

[@RickySTT]

3:13 I appreciate that you owned your pun.

[@KSMvidcast]

I'm not a big fan of taxation, but if we are to be taxed, this is the most valuable use of said money.

[@rosieposie1760]

BEST SEGUE EVER! "here's another NASA spin off to protect you" "GROUND NEWS!"

[@litning123]

Opening: I met the man who invented Tang when my uni citriculture class toured a Sunkist facility in Ontario, CA. Tang was just one of more than 400 products manufactured at the facility, including vitamins and medicines for horses. Although Tang wasn’t developed by NASA, it WAS actually used by astronauts in the 60s and 70s, as advertised, according to the researcher, my professor, and other reliable sources.

[@EmyN]

The famous saying, necessity is the mother of innovation

[@MonkeyJedi99]

... and laziness is the father. See: TV remotes.

[@seasidescott]

2 things: NASA physicists also tend to do things as simply and cheaply as possible (at least those with Apollo heritage). And many published papers later get classified due to simple but revolutionary tech employed in experiments that corporations want to take, tweak slightly and patent for themselves.

[@MySmileStillStaysOn]

That jean jacket really suits you, Hank.

[@lesleyghostdragon3149]

"...and also that one!" 🤓 Hank in stereovision stereovision😻

[@nichendrix]

Most telescopes use CCD chips because they are more sensitive to very faint light than most CMOS chips.

[@dmondot]

Funfact: CMOS 's original name, trademarked by RCA was "COSMOS" (COmplementary-Symmetry Metal Oxide Semiconductor), An interesting name for a technology that came from Nasa.

[@mirjam3553]

Than you for mentioning not all people want the memory foam sensation from their furniture! I can sort of stand it when it's a chair since standing up to reset myself is ok, but, like, how TF are you supposed to turn around on a foam mattress (nevermind whether memory foam or some latex or)? Do people literally _roll_ over and in that case how do you not just run out bed to roll on, or do you just not notice how sheets tend to get pulled weird if you don't life your body high enough to escape the fluffy foams or is everybody just so strong that's a trivial matter? Oh, I'm ranting on a forgotten page of comments. Oh well, on I go then :D

[@sophierobinson2738]

Some don’t sink far enough to swallow you. I prefer a regular mattress.

[@dc2guy2]

my next matress will be a natural latex one

[@namelesswarrior4760]

well, at least the astronauts are comfortably stranded.

[@gnewman18]

With all the private companies suddenly doing what NASA used to do, the patents that were developed with taxpayer money and therefore royalty free, now are not.

[@stevethepocket]

I'm going to have to check the May issue of _Consumer Reports_ again. They did a feature on keeping your house cool in the summer and I don't recall anything about putting foil under your siding.

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

yes and no, tempurpedic mattress do loose their sponginess over time. All memory foams do. My mom got me one for my bad back problems

[@gigabyte2248]

Clarification about those camera sensors: CMOS is the design that typical microprocessors and microcontrollers use. Making logic gates by combining P-MOSFETs to turn the logic gate output on and N-MOSFETs, which switch inversely, to turn the output off. The innovation is using a bog-standard semiconductor fabrication process to create camera sensors, rather than having to have a dedicated specialist production line to fabricate CCDs.

[@rimibchatterjee]

One of the people who developed the image sensor tech was Bedabrata Pain, who made the hugely impactful film Chittagong.

[@studioMYTH]

Awesome video team! Keep it up :)

[@brantwedel]

Oh cool, NASA can take the temperature of Uranus!

[@brantwedel]

NASA Technology - Taking the temperature of Uranus, so you don't have to!

[@ferretyluv]

I learned about this from the Logan Airport terminal where they talk about all the stuff NASA invented, one of which was memory foam.

[@carloschau9310]

So good to see Hank back in shape❤

[@jordanspencer2157]

I wasn't holding it in my hand, but it was within reach. In my pocket to be precise

[@sarcasmo57]

I need a new pillow.

[@tygical]

you should get a temper foam pillow

[@sarcasmo57]

@@tygical I will look into it.

[@inkbotkowalski]

you can also stick emergency blankets to the outside of your windows to prevent direct sunlight heating up your apartment, if you don't have any other mechanical way of shading them. Silver side must point outward, and the foil must be on the outside or it will damage the glass!

[@icegiant1000]

Dude, WTH kind of watch is that guy wearing at the 0:55 mark??? 🧐😳😮

[@voltflake]

saul was right calling it a space blanket

[@oldtimefarmboy617]

CMOS was patented in 1969 and was being used in computers by the 1980s. If you have a computer or computerized device that you can simply turn on and it boots up and loads all the necessary software to run without any input from yourself, then you are using a device with a CMOS in it. CMOS is by no means a new technology.

[@winsucker7755]

DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid), a key component of Omega-3 fatty acids, is incredibly beneficial for cognitive health.

[@TheDajamster]

I Love my memory foam mattress. Thanks Nasa!

[@muttomman]

8mil subs but only 290 comments after 3 days??!!! I would've liked more info about the UV glasses - Polaroid glasses? Those golden hued shown at 8:00? Something else?

[@21mozzie]

Giving better mattresses to improve sleep is probably one of the best things NASA could do for humanity. A fair bit of good ofer a huge number of people....

[@CybAtSteam]

There is no such thing as "Keep the cold in". Cold does not exist. You can only remove heat from the inside of a refrigerator and keep outside heat away from the inside.

[@NickGorton]

Infrared thermometers are OK in many situations, but when it's critical to know when there's a fever (infants less than 90 days old, chemo patients or other serious immune compromise, etc), use an oral or rectal thermometer. If a 15 day old baby has a temp of 100.4, they need a full work-up, admission and IV antibiotics. An infrared thermometer could easily say a baby with a 100.4 temp doesn't have a fever. If you love your newborn, check it in their butt.

[@TheStickCollector]

It would be better if i actually had one of these.

[@Flytrap]

How long did you have to practice to get the long name of DHA right?

[@bskull3232]

What's going on with oral or rectal temperature? Why not just take armpit temperature? It's surely much less invasive.

[@mikeriddle1462]

I may be the dumb one in line. I can honestly say I've never heard the term "frozen smoke" 😅

[@donlars1]

Seems the main beneficiaries of NASA research are hikers and campers 😂

[@tygical]

no because most of their inventions just don't become commercial products because the average person has no use for them

[@rinkyouma2320]

All hail NASA!

[@thewhitewolf58]

Nasa and the military are rather good at fast forwarding through the tech skill tree.

[@alexmaria9969]

NASA does so much with relatively little and I really admire that about them. Especially since so much of their tech has amazing ripple effects for everybody else

[@dregenius]

Landlords also aren't fan of installing any insulation in the first place because there's no incentive for them to save on an energy bill they're going to stick to the poor tenant anyway, which is one of many, many reasons that the rent-seeking behavior of landlords should be criminalized and all landlords imprisoned on a prison colony. Let them rent from each other and provide no other meaningful value to their society and see how long their little economy lasts. 😂

[@ktwei]

Still waiting for mine NASA.

[@Echo81Rumple83]

i used to have a foam mattress. didn't mesh well (no pun intended if any) with my sleep style. however, we did get a shower-head that was also NASA-based tech; helps save water in the long run, esp. since mom is one of those love-the-earth hippies and she likes to water her garden by hand rather than use a sprinkler system. Edit: oh, yeah! we also have an osmosis filter in our kitchen for drinking water. Mom and Dad installed that when they moved into the same house we still live in since forever because they wanted to make sure Sis and i wouldn't get lead poisoning growing up. the downside is that drinking tap water gives me a visceral reaction like i just drank straight-up urine depending on which city or town i'm in (Pittsburgh's tap water is so nasty compared to San Diego's, and the well water from a small town's tap in Utah is absolutely refreshing compared to San Diego's). it's been replaced and updated a few times over the decades, but it was so worth it. still doesn't hurt to have some fresh water reserves in our garage we bought from the local water cooler stores in case of earthquake or other disasters.

[@mentalpasient6823]

You just have to love nasa at least I do

[@ingamelevi1929]

Can I use radiant barriers or aerogel to keep an ebike battery insulated against particularly cold or warm outdoor temperatures?

[@freedomcat]

I use the radiant barriers on my windows so I can get a blackout cuz I work 3rd.

[@user-vq8ws5cv2r]

Best vdo ever ❤

[@DemonetisedZone]

11:08 body shaming an acid how could you Mr Green!😩

[@General12th]

Hi Hank! NASA is the best!

[@garyagentg]

That NASA mattress is giving me the worst back pains possible on any person, it aggravated my lower back issues now neck pains. Its not what they make it yo be its far worse for your back than an ordinary mattress. Its main purpose is to absorb shock not to lay down on for extended periods as the foam leaves your body lower than other parts if heavier ie. Think of a bowl shape if your mid section is heavy.

[@killernat1234]

NASA should be more like the NASA from for all mankind, selling what they create to fund further research and missions

[@JorgeLopez-qj8pu]

Now I have to go to work in the morning thanks NASA 😒

[@AroundTheBlockAgain]

Wish the US would take a couple billion out of its $700B+ military budget and put them back into NASA...

[@eggy68]

Aren't eyes squishy organs?

[@mj.ray0898]

Other than bones/tendons/cartilage, everything about us is squishy. That said, eyes do have parts that are pretty rigid, but the majority is filled with aqueous and vitreous fluid. So yep, pretty squishy.

[@SpectacleDifficulty]

I've eaten all of them.

[@RebelRosers]

Can we see the moon landing site with home telescopes

[@Jacob-ly8vs]

"Keep the cold in" is misleading. That's not how refrigerators work and it's not how thermodynamics work.

[@stevethepocket]

They do need space-efficient insulation though to ensure that they're not just constantly trying to pump all of your kitchen's heat back out of themselves.

[@Fractal_32]

9.) Digital fly-by-wire avionics

[@Fractal_32]

www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-contribution-digital-fly-by-wire/

[@MindfulProgramming]

hoping that NanoHydroxyapatite is mentioned edit: nope :(

[@timofey-sak]

Duct tape and corrugated pipes were invented by NASA as well.

[@KissMyFrog42]

Ugh, the texture of memory foam makes my skin crawl.

[@jordanspencer2157]

Wouldn't be surprised if Tang was a military thing tho

[@muqarabawan8200]

Why my wall Yellow cotton candy has no sugar