Forty years ago, astronuats first stepped on the moon. Today, the field of green tech has plenty of reasons to thank NASA for the pioneering advancements surrounding the history-making journey.
Brian Coppa at Examiner.com lists five areas that have benefited from NASA’s pursuit of scientific. My favorite?

Computer technology: Structural Analysis – NASA program, originally created for Green design and controls, has been employed in a broad array of non-aerospace applications, such as the automobile industry, manufacture of machine tools, and hardware designs; Air Quality Monitors – utilizing a NASA-developed, advanced analytical technique software package, an air quality monitor system was created for separating the various gases in bulk exhaust streams and determining the amount of specific gases present within the stream for compliance with emissions standards…

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