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Miniaturized electronics- for example pocket calculators are an indirect space spin-off. If one expands upon the communications line- Cell phones- recall the wallet radios of Star Trek- are another. The Global Positioning system and all of its subsidiary technology are based on a system of precisely orbited navigational satellites. One that most people would not think of right off the bat, or launch pad- is digital Photography-pioneered by Soviet satellites that went behind the dark side of the moon. it is interesting to relate in context all of these advances stemmed from unmanned projects.

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something that is used on earth that is meant to be used in space.

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Teflon and corningware are a space spin off because they were invented to help the space program and then people saw uses for them in the kitchen.

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