Week 3: Q2. Has mankind progressed or profited in any way as a result of the moon exploration?

Well to answer the question in a simple matter. Yes, of course how can we not have progressed from this event. We as a species developed many everyday items from the vast amount of knowledge gained from the lunar missions. Many companies have benefited from these technologies as they adapted it for their own products. Space technology has brought us the non-stick frying pans, computer technology, miniaturisation of electronics. But this knowledge raised a big question about human evolution in the universe. You could say we took a giant leap in technology.

But did we progress technologically prior to the moon landing. Well, Yes. Black and Decker one of the major construction tool company provide NASA with the first cordless drill able to turn bolts in zero gravity without spinning the astronauts. They also created various amount of tools able to work in zero gravity that were later profited in the public market. 

The moon landing is considered the crowning achievement in the 20^th century and created a new “Inspired World”. This new world created a never ending advancement, meaning that every piece of technology will be changed and improved. After the space race there was a major boom in the U.S. for patenting technological inventions and innovations. As we see from the chart there was a steady increase in patents from when the moon landing occurred in 1969 in less than 15 years it sky rocketed doubling that amount in ’69 and then 5 times that amount in 2005 and still increasing rapidly. Humans were always inspired to progress technologically but the lunar missions pushed us past the boundaries into areas that would impossible, possible. 

The total amount of U.S. patents over time

Week 4: Q3. What other countries were involved in the space race? Why were they involved?