The author examines the end-user effect on NASA's pioneering technologies. Conducting the myriad of space launch preparations requires innovative technologies. Although the mission of the Applied Physics Laboratory at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is to deliver gadgets to support these launch missions and operations, it is the verdict of the end-users (i.e. individuals or companies who use the NASA product for more "mundane" purposes after it has been developed) that dictates which ones are accepted.