The Space Shuttle main engine weighs 1/7th as much as a train engine but delivers as much horsepower as 39 locomotives.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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There is a mass reservoir of water floating in space that is 100,000 times bigger than our sun and holds 140 trillion times more water than all of our oceans.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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An unprotected human can survive up to 1.5 minutes in space with no permanent bodily damage.
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Tidal forces between the Earth and Moon are slowing the Earth down and pushing the Moon further away.
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