Space & Astronomy
Exploring "Why" questions about Space & Astronomy
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Why is the camera on the Mars rover so low quality?
We can, just not yet. These cameras are the initial landing cameras to make sure it survived the landing. Later this week, the fancy dancey cameras will spring up and give us lovely, awesome (like, li
Why is there controversy over the seasonal starbucks cup?
Because there are no snowflakes on it and it is plain and christians think they are denouncing christmas..... Im not joking
why does the moon only look huge when it’s low in the sky?
Your eyes are used to things getting smaller in the distance towards the horizon. It's the principle behind perspective in painting/drawing. So a car right next to you is way bigger than a car in the
Why doesn’t america join the bandwagon and start using the Metric system?
We do use the metric system and it has been adopted by our government. If you are a scientist, you use it daily. That being said, if you work in construction you are using inches and feet not meters,
Why does the right hand rule exist? Why don’t the laws of the universe result in a left hand rule instead?
The right hand rule could totally have been the left hand rule. You just need to use different fingers with a different gestures if you think about it. The right hand rule does not define the laws of
Why have we not been back to the Moon since 1972?
To be honest, there is no real reason to go there. We have landed on the moon and confirmed what we already knew from moon rocks that landed on Earth. There are no resources to exploit.
Why has most everything that’s happened since the universe existed seem to have happened relatively recently?
Things didn't go slowly at the beginning... the universe has been chugging along, doing what it's doing for a long time. It's only been very recently (relative to the age of the universe) that things
Why are planets spherical, is it possible for planets to be Halo or flat edged?
The reason planets appear spherical is because gravity compresses the planet into a shape that most evenly distributes the gravitational force among the planet's mass.
Why is personal space so exorbitantly big in Nordic countries?
My guess would be that because of the very sparse population most of the inhabitants in the past never had to face city conditions with compact space and large crowds. Personal space gets smaller only
Why to spacecraft reach outer space by launching straight up instead of taking off like an airplane and increasing altitude until out of the atmosphere
Airplanes need air underneath the wings to work properly. The higher you go, the less air there is, so it's physically impossibly to leave the atmosphere this way.