Spinoff 2019: How NASA Technology Improves Life on Earth

NASA is everywhere – our space technology turns up in nearly all corners of modern life. Get print and digital versions of the latest issue of Spinoff: https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/index.html The world has come to rely on GPS signal correction software created by NASA, which enables precision agriculture, airplane navigation, smartphones, Earth science and much more. A lightweight, high-pressure tank NASA invented to hold rocket fuel now stores life-saving oxygen to keep pilots, firefighters and intensive care patients breathing — not to mention gases that power city buses and even paintball guns. Fitness enthusiasts may be surprised to learn about NASA’s contribution to the Bowflex Revolution resistance-exercise home gym.