: Mike Adams suggested discussions on long-term effects of spaceflight
: to the human being.  I love this topic, as some of you regulars know.

: So, having seen Henry's encouraging statement about starting to talk
: about it; I shall.

: I feel that we as a community of people have unique resources
: to deliver to the world a comprehensive book which can elaborate
: on the utility of spaceflight to fields which are as divergent 
: as medical intensive care, agriculture, environmental protection, and 
: probably more.  I do not believe that the general public understands
: the impact of spaceflight on the whole of society.  In the absence
: of such knowledge, we see dwindling support of the world's space effort.

Just a few contributions from the space program to "regular" society:

1.	Calculators
2.	Teflon (So your eggs don't stick in the pan)
3.	Pacemakers (Kept my grandfather alive from 1976 until 1988)


p.s.  To all the regular contributors to sci.space.news and
sci.space.shuttle, thanks for all your hard work keeping us informed
as to the doings down in NASA and other space-type agencies.  I don't
have much time to read USENET, but I ALWAYS read these two groups....
