Space Facts

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    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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    The Sun is actually white. Viewed from space or a high altitude, it appears as its true color; white. Whereas viewed from a low altitude, atmospheric rendering makes it appear as yellow.
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    A 100-pound person on Earth would weigh 38 pounds on Mars.
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    Lightning strikes about 6,000 times per minute on this planet!
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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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    The Earth gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.
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    A comet's tail always points away from the sun.
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    It would take more than 150 years to drive a car to the sun.
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