What changes has aerospace technology brought to our lives?

Aerospace technology is all around us

The World Cup football match is in full swing. If I tell you that the communication satellite broadcasting the match is broken, you will definitely be frustrated. However, this Rarely encountered. You can see the competition scene far away in Europe relying on communication satellites 35,000 kilometers above the ground, and this is why you cheer excitedly. Therefore, we must not think that aerospace technology is too far away from us and has nothing to do with us, because if humans had never developed aerospace technology, our life today would be eclipsed.

Nowadays, it is no longer a new thing for you to go out with your friends and hold a small and exquisite digital camera. Most digital cameras are electronic photographic equipment that is photosensitive by CCD. In July 1969, the astronauts on the American Apollo lunar landing spacecraft took digital photos on the moon. Although the resolution of digital cameras dedicated to the aerospace industry at that time could not reach 300,000 pixels, they still Photosensitive film is used as the recording medium, but the image signal can be smoothly transmitted to the ground command center through the satellite system, which is undoubtedly of great practical significance to the development of the aerospace industry. Later, Japan's Sony Corporation took the lead in conducting civilian research on this product that was once used for military scientific research. Today, digital cameras have entered thousands of households, bringing the joy of life to you and me.

Aerospace technology is always first applied to civilian cutting-edge scientific research, especially in the medical field of life-saving and healing. Various transplant surgeries are now commonplace, and liver and kidney transplantation technology has been increasingly perfected. However, if a suitable heart source cannot be found, death awaits the patient. In July 2001, a Jewish hospital in Louis, Kentucky, USA successfully replaced an artificial heart on a patient with terminal heart disease. This was the first successful artificial heart transplant in the world. The technology of the artificial heart is taken from the fuel pump technology of the space shuttle. This miniaturized heart pump has brought new life to dozens of people.

If you are driving in an unfamiliar city, you will definitely want someone to give you directions. However, what you often encounter is that even pedestrians don’t know the way. So what should we do? Nowadays, a signal transmitted by satellite is combined with map data. The location of the car can be determined at any time through a small screen display, which can help the driver accurately determine the road. After the car is equipped with a device that receives GPS (Global Positioning System), as long as you find the place you want to go on the electronic map, the electronic map combined with the satellite signal can point you to the nearest route after calculation. If a car has an autonomous driving function, it can use GPS guidance to reach wherever you want to go, just like today's civil aviation aircraft. In the near future, aerospace technology will further improve people's quality of life.

Aerospace technology creates sterile environment for hospitals

Microorganisms are everywhere in the environment we live in, and most of them will not cause harm to human health, but for For people with reduced autoimmunity, some microorganisms are still very scary and can cause many diseases. And an aerospace technology has become an innovative way to provide a pollution-free air environment in five hospitals in France.

According to the latest news released by the European Space Agency, this high-tech aerospace method, originally used to ensure that astronauts can breathe clean air on the space station, has now been used to "kill" and kill viruses in hospitals. "Eliminates" microbial fungi, bacteria, spores, and airborne viruses. Moreover, this technology can also be used to eliminate microorganisms in the air related to severe infectious diseases such as SARS, Ebola, smallpox, tuberculosis and carbuncle.

Since 2003, this original aerospace technology has provided guarantees for hospital air environment protection and the creation of a sterile environment. Moreover, when an emergency occurs, this technology can also be used outside the hospital. The place creates a sterile room. It can achieve the air purification function of eliminating more than 99% of microorganisms, thus meeting the special needs of hospitals treating patients with immune system diseases. According to reports, after 12 months of trial operation in five hospitals in France, the system’s excellent performance has been praised by doctors.

Aerospace technology quenches urgent "thirst"

American rocket experts are trying to solve the problem of drinking water source pollution. A set of water treatment equipment used by astronauts will soon provide Services are provided to those living in polluted areas.

American scientists have been racking their brains on the problem of water treatment in the space station. For many years, NASA has also been considering how to solve the problem of sewage recycling more efficiently. The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, has completed testing of a water recycling treatment device for the space station. This equipment can not only purify the body fluids produced by astronauts' breathing movements, but even "urine can be treated cleaner than the water flowing out of any faucet."

At the same time, many areas around the world are facing serious water pollution problems. People here are thirsty while guarding the gurgling spring water, and dare not touch their lips when facing the clear river in front of them. Just like the water treatment problem for astronauts, the purification of water source pollution also requires a set of technologies. Can the two be organically combined? Someone did think of this. A set of improved water treatment equipment that utilizes this technology, is smaller in size, and has a simpler structure will soon be available to serve people on earth.

Purification equipment installed on cars can flow between villages, where polluted spring water can be purified and treated until it meets drinking standards.

Aerospace technology has countless applications in our lives today. In addition to the technical products mentioned above, satellite television, space breeding, weather forecasting, and even various other medical technologies used in hospitals such as kidney Dialysis is closely related to aerospace technology.