5 Space Misconceptions Most People Still Believe

By Joe Scott

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See my new documentary feature Oldest and Newest Places On Earth on Nebula! Sign up at http://www.nebula.tv/joescott and get 50% off your annual subscription. After Artemis II brought out the moon joy in people, I found that a lot of newbies to space travel had some questions about what they were seeing. This video is meant to help explain some of the basics of space travel that most people don’t know. Things like how orbital mechanics work, how gravity works in space and why the astronauts are weightless up there, how rocket engines don’t melt, and why everything just works differently in a vacuum. Pressure Changes Everything shirts available here! https://laughsmarter.com/collections/pressure-changes-everything Check out these other great space creators to go deeper down the rabbit hole! Tim Dodd the Everyday Astronaut https://www.youtube.com/@EverydayAstronaut Felix from What About It? https://www.youtube.com/@Whataboutit Marcus House https://www.youtube.com/@MarcusHouse NASA

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