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Discover how essential space travel technologies have journeyed back to Earth with surprising and indispensable commercial applications.
Discover how essential space travel technologies have journeyed back to Earth with surprising and indispensable commercial applications.
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S13, EP27 "Batteries"Mixtures of metals and caustic chemicals that make our tech, tools and toys surge with energy; visit the world's most powerful battery in Fairbanks, Alaska--13,760 hulking cells humming with 5,000 volts, ready to help the city survive power outages.
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