[PatrickHenry]

I hate to sound naive, but what good are they doing other than providing full employment to a bunch of engineers at taxpayer expense?

Partial list of Spinoffs from Space. That site has links to others. It's probably impossible to compile a complete list.

[from occupied ga]

spinoffs etc.

If you believe that none of this would have come about without the space program, then undoubtedly you also believe that without federal rnfoemrny for the arts there would be no art. In fact I think that's a good analog of the efficacy of federal funding vs private. Mapplethorp (may he RIP) was federally funded