Nasa Catalog
By Gabriela Santana
Emergency Systems Save Tens of Thousands Of Lives
NASA pioneered the Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking (SARSAT) system to improve distress signals . The international system known as Cospas-Sarsat has ended up rescuing of more than 30,000 people, thus making life safer.
Efficient Cells Cut the Cost of solar power
Engineer Bernard Sater developed a solar concentrator that would use less silicon, making solar arrays cheaper. Greenfield, and Oberlin a company that was formed by Sater and his son after he retired from NASA moved the technology toward commercialization. . Saters company GreenField Solar now employs 30 people due to the NASA partnership. This now makes going green cheaper and easier for us to do as a society.
Microradiometers reveal Ocean Health, Climate Change
San Diego created modular radiometer instrument that allowed scientists to customize the technology for their research necessities The spinoff is now used to monitor the earth's oceans, climate change, and more. This product will be able to help humans monitor and help climate change as it occurs.