IIRC, NIST once published a quarterly catalogue of patents and procedures derived from NASA research and development, essentially placed in the public domain. Was a regular arrival at our design firms tech library, a peek across the tech horizon. Even the seemingly small bits were fascinating as what might be applied.
As you say a cornucopia of treats.
It is a great shame that most of the American public has so little knowledge and therefore, recognition and pride of just how much the nation’s space program has improved their lives.
It would be great to see some of the new social media citizen reporters host a weekly or monthly show on this.