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Space technology is technology that is related to entering, and retrieving objects or life forms from space.

"Every day" technologies such as weather forecasting, remote sensing, GPS systems, Satellite Television, and some long distance communications systems critically rely on space infrastructure. Of sciences astronomy and Earth Sciences (via remote sensing) most notably benefit from space technology.

Computers and telemetry were once leading edge technologies that might have been considered "space technology" because of their criticality to boosters and spacecraft. They existed prior to the Space Race of the Cold War (between the USSR and the USA.) but their development was vastly accelerated to meet the needs of the two major superpowers' space programs. While still used today in spacecraft and missiles, the more prosaic applications such as remote monitoring (via telemetry) of patients, water plants, highway conditions, etc. and the widespread use of computers far surpasses their space applications in quantity and variety of application.

Space is such an alien environment that attempting to work in it requires new techniques and knowledge. New technologies originating with or accelerated by space-related endeavors are often subsequently exploited in other economic activities. This has been widely pointed to as beneficial by space advocates and enthusiasts favoring the investment of public funds in space activities and programs. Political opponents counter that it would be far cheaper to develop specific technologies directly if they are beneficial and scoff at this justification for public expenditures on space-related research.

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Space technology refers to the development and utilization of technology for exploring and studying outer space. It includes spacecraft, satellites, telescopes, and other equipment used for space exploration, communication, earth observation, and scientific research in space.

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