March 29, 2009 at 11:58 pm
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What do baby food, golf balls and wind turbines have in common? At first glance, the answer may seem to be “very little”—until you realize they’ve all benefited from technology backed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). With media attention focused on the agency’s rogue astronauts, controversy surrounding the agency’s position on climate change, recent space shuttle missions and the spacecraft Messenger’s recent flyby of Mercury, the contribution of NASA technology to tackling real-world problems on Earth may be the agency’s best untold story for cleantech entrepreneurs.
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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, there are some pretty universal state symbol categories: the state bird, the state flag, the state flower, even the state gemstones. But since those declarations are left up to the individual state, the categories can be as obscure as any state will allow them to be (check out the official state neckwear category). Here are some of the stranger ones - and if your state has something particularly interesting that I missed, share it in the comments.
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