title: Space program spin-offs of environmental systems underway
abstract: Several large NASA contractors are reevaluating their investments in space programs.  As future NASA projects are put on hold or reduced in scope, companies are having to look to other areas in marketing their products.  The companies that have invested in developing environmental systems for the space program are starting to realize they have a valuable product in non-space related projects.  The environmental systems that are proving valuable were developed for space shuttle, space station and lunar/Mars stations.  These are systems that handle air, waste, process water, potable water, solid waste, liquid waste and plant systems.  With the development of longer space flights, environmental systems are developing which match Earth's environment.  Now environmental systems developed for space are valuable on Earth.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huff
mesh_terms: D000397:Air Pollution; D018504:Ecological Systems, Closed; D007221:Industry; D008021:Life Support Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013026:Space Flight; D018581:Technology Transfer; D014481:United States; D018557:United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration; D018505:Waste Management; D018508:Water Purification