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To: subterfuge
> Not to be a wise guy, but how did this study help our economy and/or strengthen our national security?

This particular study? I don't know offhand; I'm not in that field and don't have the familiarity required to properly answer your question. My comment was more about research in general than this particular study.

Aside: Who could have predicted that the American space program would launch a breakfast drink? (NASA didn't invent Tang, but made it famous, and its continued use by astronauts to this day has kept the product popular.). Of course, whether you consider Tang a benefit to our national security is a separate issue. :-)

11 posted on 05/23/2026 8:45:25 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: dayglored

Oh I should have read this post before I posted to your first one. 😸😹

Anyway, the space program was also relative to the development of mylar, which was used for tons of consumer products.


22 posted on 05/23/2026 11:54:33 AM PDT by Lauren BaRecall (Permanent DST: Let us have our day in the sun when the sun is actually up!)
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