In this way, things like rocket engines, satellites, Mars-exploring rovers, space suits, and water purifiers on the International Space Station become part of everyday life on Earth.
My favorite example of this environmental excess is the ground water cleanup efforts around Sacramento, California, where one aerospace company has managed to reduce the incidence of rocket-fuel ingredient perchlorate to four parts per billion.
Further, study of the captured space rock could teach researchers how to efficiently extract water from asteroids a resource that could be an off-Earth source of radiation shielding and rocket fuel for journeying spacecraft.