stackyFACTSTo stop astronauts from instantly going blind while staring at the unfiltered sun, the visors on their helmets are coated with a microscopic layer of genuine gold. It is an absurdly lavish, glittering shield that perfectly reflects solar radiation while making them look incredibly stylish against the void of space.
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Main engines are entirely useless for delicate parallel parking in orbit. Tiny peripheral nozzles blast microscopic puffs of pressurized gas to slowly spin…
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NASA spent nearly thirty-eight million dollars developing the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle in the early 1970s, creating a foldable, battery-powered buggy that…
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The bottom half of the moon lander was strictly a one-way trip. Once it served its purpose of slowly lowering the astronauts to the surface, it doubled as a…
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Moving a retired spacecraft through Los Angeles streets required chopping down hundreds of trees just so the wings would fit. The massive vessel crawled…
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You cannot exactly steer a metal tube in a vacuum using fins. Instead, the entire explosive exhaust nozzle swivels mechanically, thrusting the blast in…
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The aerodynamic nosecone of a rocket is entirely useless once it hits the vacuum. Explosive seams forcefully blast the protective shell directly down the…
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