6 Space Technologies We Can Use to Improve Life on Earth
Please watch the video found at the provided link and answer the questions below.

While the unit explored the impact that scientific research has on our society and on our understanding of space, this Ted Talk explores the way that space technologies and space research specifically can impact our society and current lives on Earth. Discuss the similarities and differences between these two topics. Compare and contrast the usefulness of scientific research on our society with the usefulness of space research on our lives on Earth.
What is the Outer Space Treaty? What idea that Wood discusses does this treaty help to illustrate? How? Explain.
What does space technology have to do with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations? Identify specific instances or ways that the two are related and explain.
The unit talks about various astronomical tools, but satellites don’t make the list—why? Explain how satellites help us learn more about the Earth from space and analyze whether they can also help us learn more about space.
The unit and the video both mention the International Space Station. Compare and contrast the information that we obtain about the ISS as it pertains to both space and Earth from the video and the unit.
What are some of the factors that are collectively holding us back from fully benefitting from the technologies developed for space as they apply to life on Earth?
Of all six technologies that Wood identifies, which do you find the most interesting, useful, or pertinent to your own life? Discuss.
Consider some of the widespread global issues that we face here on Earth and briefly describe them. Then, choose one of the space research technologies discussed in the unit OR that you find online through some brief research (but may not be one discussed in the video) and explore how it could help us research, learn more about, or address this particular issue (similar to how Wood did in the video) in one to three paragraphs.