Question

What are some accomplishments astronauts have achieved in collaboration with engineers and scientists on Earth?

Answer 1

Achievements -

•The environment

Space platforms monitor pollution, measure forest destruction, survey agriculture, identify mineral deposits, spot buried archaeological structures and even uncover agricultural fraud.

•Medical health

Spacesuit studies have led to a panoply of health monitors, warning systems, respirators, remote microphones and other miniaturized medical technology.

• Robotics

Space engineers have to think small - and flexible. This has inspired a new generation of tiny sensors, monitors and automaton explorers heading for distant planets.

• Instant television

Since Telstar, the first television satellite in 1962, viewers have watched events almost as they unfolded - from the assassination of President Kennedy to the terrorist assault on the twin towers in New York.

• Meteorology

Weather forecasting was once slightly more accurate than folklore. Now satellites can monitor drought in Africa, floods in the Bay of Bengal and hurricanes across the Caribbean, saving hundreds of thousands of lives.