For as long as humanity has been around, space has played an important role in our lives. In fact, space and the stars have played a significant role in shaping the world today as we know it. Without the stars, sailors would not have been able to
navigate on the open seas, causing trade and exploration to be severely crippled. It’s crazy to think about, but countries in the Americas and Australasia would probably have looked significantly different without their European influence. Although that is an interesting thought experiment, it is not the topic of today’s conversation. In this list we are going to be taking a closer look at that profound, black darkness that is always hanging over our heads. In spite of our near constant fascination with space, there are still many things left to discover about it. And although that is the job of scientists,
these are 25 Facts About Space And Space
Exploration You Might Not Have Realized!

25- There is a water reservoir in deep space
that holds 140 trillion times all of the water
on Earth

24- Scientists at NASA have actually discovered stars that are cool enough to touch.

23- After Earth, Venus's clouds are possibly the most habitable spot for humans in the
Solar System.

22- Tortoises orbited the moon before humans because the Russians sent them there to test one of their probes.

21- The footprints left by the astronauts on the moon will stay there forever (or at least
until something happens to the moon)
because there is no atmosphere and therefore no wind.

20- The Germans were actually the first to go into space with their V2 rocket.

19- Speaking of going into space, typically
space is seen to begin at 100km above the
surface of the Earth. This is known as the
Kármán line. This is the point where the
atmosphere becomes too thin to support
aeronautical flight because an aircraft
would have to surpass orbital velocity in
order to achieve sufficient lift.

18- You can cry in space but your tears won't
fall. They'll just...stay there. And then float
away.

17- The first creatures conceived in space were cockroaches. The Russians reported that they grew faster and stronger than their
Earth bound counterparts.

16- In space, the skin on the bottom of your
feet starts to peel off because you are not
walking around (the skin becomes soft due
to not being used, so astronauts have to be
careful when taking off their socks otherwise bits of skin will start floating around the ship!)

15- Apollo 13, Armageddon, and Around The
World In 80 Days are among the movies
kept on the International Space Station.

14- Because there is no gravity in space,
astronauts are unable to tell if their bladders are full. For this reason they are trained to relieve themselves every 2 hours.

13- There are four dwarf planets in our solar
system - Pluto, Ceres, Eres, and Makemake.

12- Boomerangs will return to you even in
space as Japanese astronaut Takao Doi
found out when he tried it inside the
International Space Station. This is because
boomerangs don't require gravity to
function. They only require air.

11- As of this writing, only 24 people have seen our entire planet with their own eyes.

10- If you lived on the International Space
Station, you would witness about 15
sunsets every day.

izublingz:
15- Apollo 13, Armageddon, and Around The
World In 80 Days are among the movies
kept on the International Space Station.

14- Because there is no gravity in space,
astronauts are unable to tell if their bladders are full. For this reason they are trained to relieve themselves every 2 hours.

13- There are four dwarf planets in our solar
system - Pluto, Ceres, Eres, and Makemake.

12- Boomerangs will return to you even in
space as Japanese astronaut Takao Doi
found out when he tried it inside the
International Space Station. This is because
boomerangs don't require gravity to
function. They only require air.

11- As of this writing, only 24 people have seen our entire planet with their own eyes.

10- If you lived on the International Space
Station, you would witness about 15
sunsets every day.

No.10 though I'd love to witness that

9- NASA sent part of Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree into space to "defy gravity."

8- In 1977, researchers received a signal from deep space that lasted 72 seconds. Known as the Wow! signal, it is the only radio transmission we have received that has appeared to be from an intelligent source. It was determined to have originated near the star Tau Sagittarii in the constellation Sagittarius.

Note: It had so many trademarks of what we
would expect from an intelligent source, that
when scientists couldn’t find it again they
hypothesized that it could have come from Earth and bounced off of some space debris (this theory was later held to be very unlikely).

7- You can't burp in space. The liquids and
gasses in your stomach don't separate in 0
gravity, so it would be more like acid reflux.

6- Although Saturn is the second biggest
planet in the solar system, it's the lightest!

5- In space, metal objects stick together. This is due to a process known as "cold
welding." This doesn't happen on Earth
because of the oxygen in our atmosphere.

4- Costing $150 billion, the International
Space Station is the most expensive structure ever built.

3- Astronauts grow up to 2 inches in space!
This is because our spine elongates when
there is less gravity.

2- NASA is developing 3D printed pizza for
astronauts.

1- Without a space suit, a human could
potentially last up to 90 seconds in space
although you would almost certainly pass
out long before then.

daremiarchs:

No.10 though I'd love to witness that

That would be cool

izublingz:


That would be cool

Wee you accompany me?

daremiarchs:

Wee you accompany me?

No you can go alone.

I don't want to disturb you

Safe journey

izublingz:


No you can go alone.

I don't want to disturb you

Safe journey

Lol,fearfear

daremiarchs:

Lol,fearfear