Space & Astronomy
Exploring "Why" questions about Space & Astronomy
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Why hasn’t there been another moon landing since Apollo 11?
As reference - _URL_0_ We have been back since Apollo 11... the last one was Apollo 17. But otherwise?
Why can’t we send radioactive waste into space?
It is really expensive, and the risk of failure a bit too high. Rocket blows up in our atmosphere, radioactive waste everywhere!
Why do songs that we haven’t heard in a long time randomly start playing in our heads?
Our thoughts and memories are in a semantic node network. Meaning, each memory/thought/concept has it's own node (theoretical node, not physical), and they're all connected. If one node gets activated
Why do films increasingly have a half-dozen or more production companies logos shown at the start of the movie instead of just one?
Rights get more complicated movies are becoming more frequently based off existing material with rights coming from different places there's more "parts" to a movie requiring different companies (like
why are certain string instruments fretless and how on earth do you play notes on them with any accuracy?
I played violin for 8 years. The first two years I taped frets on my violin to learn the muscle memory and listen to the pitch. After a few years, you can take it off and pretty much listen to exactly
why it’s just universally accepted that professional athletes get paid astronomically exorbitant amounts of money to literally play games.
You say literally play games, but by playing those games they are also bringing millions of dollars worth of money in advertising, sponsoring, merchandise and ticket sales and prize money. Why *should
Why are so many stars visible from Earth on a clear night sky, but space seems so dark and empty from outer space?
Just as many stars can be seen from space. The pictures we see from space are normally taken facing the sun, the moon, or the earth. In those pictures the objects in question are far too bright the ca
Why is it that when there is a solar eclipse, the moon fits perfectly inside the sun?
it doesn't fit "perfectly", but it being relatively close to the size of the sun is a "coincidence", there is also science behind it, just like everything. THe size of the moon vs the sun also varies
Why do people in poverty stricken countries continue to reproduce even though they know their children are likely to starve to death?
Because if you keep reproducing, maybe you will get lucky and some of your kids will grow up to adulthood, get a wife, and farm the scrap of land you own and provide for you when you are old and can't
Why do humans have a habit of staring “into nothingness”?
Yo ho ho! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why do we "space out" randomly?