stackyFACTSLaunching things into orbit is so horribly inefficient that rockets literally chuck massive, multimillion-dollar metal stages into the sea just to shed dead weight, making spaceflight the ultimate exercise in incredibly expensive littering.
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Certain models of rockets are fully assembled while laying totally flat on their sides in a giant hangar. They are rolled out to the pad horizontally like a…
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You would think the untouched lunar surface smells pristine, but it reeks of a chaotic gunfight. Astronauts returning to their landing modules after moonwalks…
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Russian cosmonauts strictly adhere to a bizarre pre-flight tradition where they must stop the transport bus taking them to the launchpad, unzip their…
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It turns out highly decorated military pilots are completely prone to dramatic, theatrical gestures. Astronaut Alan Bean unpinned his silver astronaut lapel…
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