18 Jul At the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, we can thank NASA for memory foam — and GPS technology on your iPhone
Decades of innovations from the study of outer space have come down to Earth, into store aisles, smartphones and American households.
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon declaring, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” The NASA program that got Armstrong there pushed forward technology on rockets and satellites — laying the groundwork for the GPS navigation systems millions of people now use in their smartphones…
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