North Korea said it was exercising its right to the peaceful use of space technology by using the rocket to put a scientific satellite, called Kwangmyongsong, into orbit.
More recently, Nasa technology has been suggested as a method of extending it: in 2005, New Scientist reported that the US security services were using a space technology previously used to detect faint radio signals from space to eavesdrop on a room where the curtains had been pulled (which defeats the laser).
His last post at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was as chief of its office for applications, in Washington, which sought ways to apply space technology to uses on earth.
A number of developing countries are undertaking projects pertaining to the design and development of space technology, either using their own resources or in collaboration with foreign countries, on a regional or international basis.
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Space technology is used every day in food production, weather forecasting, national security, and these technologies are connecting traditionally poor areas to the global community -- providing them new tools to lift themselves out of poverty.
Space technology is also used to predict earthquake using various theories such as mid-infrared radiation, earthquake events, crust deformation, ionosphere electronic content, change in EM signals and Earth magnetic field (Alimohammadi 2005; BBC 2013; Heki and Ping 2005).
Space technology and resources are used around the world to address societal challenges.
The UK Space Agency has announced that it is to spend more than £4 million on a new facility to test space technology that could be used in interplanetary travel.
"They are expected to meet the demands of space technology development and peaceful use of space for the next 30 to 50 years," Wu Yansheng, the president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
In Bangalore, the headquarters of the space effort, offices brim with optimism reminiscent of NASA during its golden age in the 1960's, as Indian engineers breathlessly describe how they use space technology to improve the lives of tens of millions of average Indians.
