Choose the correct heading for each paragraph Efficient usage. Prejudice and myths. Reduce costs. For medicine. Vast variety. New qualities. A. There is an opinion that flights to space are extremely expensive and useless. But it's not true. We cannot even imagine how many things that we use in everyday life were invented because of such flights. Here is the technology which we've begun to use on Earth only due to flights to space. B. An infrared thermometer came to people's lives at the beginning of the 1990s. It's a device which measures temperature in a non-contact way. It is everywhere now: at homes, schools, hospitals. Originally, it was developed for measuring temperatures of planets and stars. C. Each drop of water sent to space costs a lot of money. That's why engineers tried to figure out how to reuse water on a spaceship. As a result, nowadays we have filters which can process any water, sweat, and even urine into drinking water. Technology using silver ions was also developed by NASA for disinfection. D. Glasses and lenses producer Foster Grant spent 10 years trying to invent plastic that would be difficult to scratch. But it was all in vain. In 1983, NASA finally sold the company the licence to the technology which was used to cover astronauts' helmets and other aerospace equipment to prevent any possible damage. With such technology, plastic lenses get some qualities which only glass has. Besides, these lenses can be used 10 times longer than before. E. Orthopaedic pillows, mattresses and even bras are now made using the material called Memory Foam, which originally was made for reducing pressure on astronauts. Polyurethane foam shrinks under a person's body weight and takes a needed shape. Teflon, which is now used in any frying pan, first was used as thermal insulation of spaceships. Zirconium oxide, which first was a basic element of an insulation lining, is now used as a material for braces. CMOS Active-Pixel Sensors help us take selfies without any troubles. Fireproof fabric for firefighters, seamless swimsuits for sportsmen, thermal underwear, spring sole... The list is enormous! All of these were taken from the space sphere and make our everyday life much easier and more comfortable.
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Choose the correct heading for each paragraph

  1. Efficient usage.
  2. Prejudice and myths.
  3. Reduce costs.
  4. For medicine.
  5. Vast variety.
  6. New qualities.

A. [Efficient usage|Prejudice and myths|Reduce costs|For medicine|Vast variety|New qualities]

There is an opinion that flights to space are extremely expensive and useless. But it's not true. We cannot even imagine how many things that we use in everyday life were invented because of such flights. Here is the technology which we've begun to use on Earth only due to flights to space.

B. [Efficient usage|Prejudice and myths|Reduce costs|For medicine|Vast variety|New qualities]

An infrared thermometer came to people's lives at the beginning of the 1990s. It's a device which measures temperature in a non-contact way. It is everywhere now: at homes, schools, hospitals. Originally, it was developed for measuring temperatures of planets and stars.

C. [Efficient usage|Prejudice and myths|Reduce costs|For medicine|Vast variety|New qualities]

Each drop of water sent to space costs a lot of money. That's why engineers tried to figure out how to reuse water on a spaceship. As a result, nowadays we have filters which can process any water, sweat, and even urine into drinking water. Technology using silver ions was also developed by NASA for disinfection.

D. [Efficient usage|Prejudice and myths|Reduce costs|For medicine|Vast variety|New qualities]

Glasses and lenses producer Foster Grant spent 10 years trying to invent plastic that would be difficult to scratch. But it was all in vain. In 1983, NASA finally sold the company the licence to the technology which was used to cover astronauts' helmets and other aerospace equipment to prevent any possible damage. With such technology, plastic lenses get some qualities which only glass has. Besides, these lenses can be used 10 times longer than before.

E. [Efficient usage|Prejudice and myths|Reduce costs|For medicine|Vast variety|New qualities]

Orthopaedic pillows, mattresses and even bras are now made using the material called Memory Foam, which originally was made for reducing pressure on astronauts. Polyurethane foam shrinks under a person's body weight and takes a needed shape. Teflon, which is now used in any frying pan, first was used as thermal insulation of spaceships. Zirconium oxide, which first was a basic element of an insulation lining, is now used as a material for braces. CMOS Active-Pixel Sensors help us take selfies without any troubles. Fireproof fabric for firefighters, seamless swimsuits for sportsmen, thermal underwear, spring sole... The list is enormous! All of these were taken from the space sphere and make our everyday life much easier and more comfortable.

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