This is a big change from earlier models where NASA led and controlled the development of space vehicles.
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And there are plenty of variations on the theme: A version of the Levitron called "Floating Ideas" gives you a base over which you can float a variety of objects, including modelsof the space shuttle, a VW Beetle and a picture frame.
She left the car in one fluid motion, not even pausing to push the locking button on her security key, and entered the school and walked urgently down the hall, past the display of photographs of "Astronaut Moms and Dads" grinning in their orange pressure suits as they held up modelsof the space shuttle.