Technologically, spin-offs from the space program have revolutionized fields from medicine to energy generation (solar panels were made to power satellites) to breakfast drinks.

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It's a spin-off of NASA's space technology, the space-age name the Geordi after Geordi LaForge of Star Trek.

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I've watched the globe spin past below me from the window of the space shuttle.

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He wrongly suggests that Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former spin doctor, worked for The Sun newspaper, and devotes a lot of space to a criticism of Labour's pitch for aspirational votes, confusing "Mr Galaxy" with the driver of the Ford Sierra Tony Blair famously recalled meeting during the 1992 general election.

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Further, HP would like lose retail shelf space around the world for other products, such as printers, if HP were to spin off the PC division.

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