Well, In addition to Tang and Teflon we also got something you might have overlooked. We got an understanding of our solar system and the universe that 10,000 generations of humans never had, glimpses of places Newton and Gallileo and Copernicus could only dream about and the basic knowledge needed to begin to protect the planet from meteor stikes that will inevitably threaten.
But if none of that is worth anything to you, teflon is better than scrubbing pots and pans.
