Things Worth Noting
SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk in 2002, is a leading aerospace company based in Starbase, Texas, focused on reducing space travel costs and enabling a Mars colony. It pioneered reusable rockets, achieving the first private orbital launch with Falcon 1 in 2008 and ISS docking with Dragon in 2012. Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy handle […]
The Kessler effect, or Kessler syndrome, is a growing threat in low Earth orbit (LEO) where space debris—think old satellites, rocket parts, and tiny fragments—could trigger a chain reaction of collisions. Proposed by NASA scientist Donald Kessler, this scenario predicts that high object density in LEO leads to more crashes, creating debris clouds that make […]