The space industry on has produced _enormous_ economic value thanks to launching thousands of satellites, which helped us create GPS, satellite TV, Starlink, weather sensors, etc. But what about the value of experiments/research conducted by astronauts? According to [NASA][1]:

> More than 3,000 experiments have been conducted aboard the International Space Station during the 21 years humans have been living and working in space. These experiments have provided insights helping improve life back on Earth and explore farther into the solar system. Researchers have shared these results in thousands of scientific publications.

So far, have any experiments conducted by astronauts managed to produce _direct_ economic value to humans on the ground _today_, similar to the direct value produced by satellites? There's obviously trillions of _future_ value from astronauts helping us research better ways for humans to travel in space but I'm curious if there's also some tangible output from space work today that we can all be thankful for?


  [1]: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/five-space-station-research-results-contributing-to-deep-space-exploration/