[oh8eleven]

A lot of spin off technology came to the us from NASA.
I disagree for two reasons: 1) You (i.e. the list) assume these items could only have been invented exclusively by NASA. 2) There isn't a single item on that list that has any significance whatsoever.
So I say again - for 30 freakin' years the Shuttle went up, the Shuttle came down, the Shuttle went up, the Shuttle came down ... and WTF did we get in return?
And BTW, the linked page has this caveat - "Below are 27 abstracts of products claimed to be NASA spin-offs."

[henkster]

You’re right. Let’s invest in social programs here on earth. We get so much more out of them, by like “helping people” and stuff.

[messierhunter]

Yeah, we should totally defund NASA. I’m sure that will end well one day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhFiZOUyUBs

[USAF80]

Nobody else had a shuttle that actually worked plus we put a lot of stuff into orbit.

[GraceG]

[ A lot of spin off technology came to the us from NASA.
I disagree for two reasons: 1) You (i.e. the list) assume these items could only have been invented exclusively by NASA. 2) There isn’t a single item on that list that has any significance whatsoever.
So I say again - for 30 freakin’ years the Shuttle went up, the Shuttle came down, the Shuttle went up, the Shuttle came down ... and WTF did we get in return?
And BTW, the linked page has this caveat - “Below are 27 abstracts of products claimed to be NASA spin-offs.” ]

Everyone says Velcro, but we got Velcro from the Vulcans who crashed in Pennsylvania in the 1950s!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_Creek_(Star_Trek:_Enterprise)

I saw it on TV once on a highly unpopular show