Space exploration has created new markets and new technologies that have spurred our
economy and changed our lives in many ways. ... As the result of a program designed to
develop a padding concept to improve crash protection for airplane passengers, Ames
Research Center developed a foam material with unusual properties.
-"NASA Technologies Benefit Our Lives," Office of the Chief Technologist, NASA
Spinoff, 2011

Based on this excerpt, which
statement describes a benefit of the space program?

Mass transit systems are able to improve efficiency.

Management innovations are able to improve factory productivity.

Alternative energy sources can be adapted to reduce pollution.

New materials have applications that can benefit consumers.

Respuesta :

One benefit of the space program is that New materials have applications that can benefit consumers.

Foam produced by Ames

  • This was produced to protect astronauts when they crashed into Earth.
  • It had many other uses such as being used in hospital beds, padding in helmets, and padding shoes.

We can conclude that even though the foam was developed as a result of a space program, it had applications that benefitted consumers in other walks of life from sports, to medicine.

In conclusion, option D is correct.

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