Space & Astronomy
Exploring "Why" questions about Space & Astronomy
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Why can’t we start a farm in America where we breed a bunch of Rhinos or other endangered animals.
I'm going to point out the Giant Panda as an example. In zoos, they have a perfectly safe environment with some roam to roam, plenty of food and a few choices of potential mates. And they don't want t
Why pornstars enter the business looking nice, and end up ruining their looks with makeup and plastic surgery.
I can imagine they think that a procedure or two look good and hell, maybe the first few come out great, and then more procedures later shit hits the fan
Why can’t I use spaces and certain symbols in website usernames?
Because their developers are lazy. All printable characters *should* be allowed, although spaces are a bad idea, because they are a field separator.
Why is homebrewing/microbrewing beer acceptable, but moonshine is illegal?
Screw up beer making and you have nasty beer. Screw up whiskey-making and you have explosions or go blind.
Why can’t we fire Congress and start over?
1) We don't have a proceedure outlined in either the Constitution or other Federal law to enact such a recall election. Only Congress could enact such a law and (big suprise) they aren't keen to do so
Why is coffee such an expensive rarity in a lot of sci-fi movies set in the future on Earth? Are we running out of coffee?
Coffee is grown, we will never run out realistically. Coffee is seen as a staple drink and is very important culturally, many people can not get through the day without their coffee in the morning. On
Why does Star Wars transcend typical Sci-Fi fandom and hit home for so many people.
Well it was first (sort of). Before Star Wars, Scifi in movies was very pulpy and bad. It was proof that it could be done well.
Why do Windows drive designations start at C?
A and B used to be used for floppy disks. After they were no longer a thing, C stuck around because people were used to it. A very basic explanation, I'm sure others will correct me and you could also
Why do phone providers charge exorbitant amounts for international texting? Does it actually cost them this much?
It's because one cell company doesn't have full global coverage. They need to essentially rent bandwidth from whichever company does have coverage in that region. So THAT company gets to charge an arm
Why is the Earth’s moon named The Moon while other planets’ moons have actual names?
Because it was named centuries before we knew that the planets had moons. To discover the moons round other planets we needed to invent the telescope and then realised that there were a lot of moons o