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They are made mostly of water ice. They consist of many, many particles of ice, from the sizes of powder to chunks as big as small apartment buildings.
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Yes, Saturn's rings are real. We don't know exactly how they formed, but we are fairly certain they arose from the complete break-up of an icy body, or several smaller icy bodies. This was either a moon of Saturn's that was broken by a collision with an incoming meteor, or a very large comet-like body from the outer solar system that got too close to Saturn and ...
Asteroids are made of rock, and we believe anything in Saturn's rings is mostly ice.
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Neutrons Neutron stars are the highly compressed remnants of stars that have died. They are packed so tightly that only neutrons can exist.
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The NASA Space Shuttle is made up of four main parts: the orbiter, the external tank, and the two solid rocket boosters. As ... , and 78.1 feet from orbiter wing tip-to-wing tip. (Ref.1) Measurements of the individual parts are: Orbiter: 122.2 feet long; 78.1 feet wingspan; 56.7 feet high ...
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... specific reasons for wanting to travel into space such as wanting to experience the excitement of being an astronaut, to view the Earth, to float in zero-gravity, to play zero ... , many people are also interested for spiritual reasons. These might be religious, but they also feel that the opportunity to view the Earth, to obtain an intense experience of the cosmos, and to look down upon the rest of humanity would be an extremely rewarding experience.
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The US Department of Transportation has asked the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) to draw up regulations designed to make ... FAA with this task. Our experience of carrying millions of air and rail passengers safely over many years is of great assistance in understanding the culture of safety that spaceline operators will need to ...
... travel in order to determine the types of hazards that exist. Many of the risks faced on Earth are also faced in space. Depending upon a person's job and work environment, they may face hazards similar to those in a space environment. However, there are some particular challenges that are unique to space: a lack of breathable air in the space environment, travel at a high rate of speed—17, 500 miles per hour in Earth's orbit ...
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