Top 10 Facts About The United Kingdom!
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1: The Queen of the United Kingdom is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth's land surface.
2: The UK comprises four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales; and fourteen overseas territories. Each country has its own system of administration.
3: Kate Middleton is credited with boosting the UK economy by £1 billion in 2012.
4: On 09/09/2015 Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning UK monarch ever, surpassing Queen Victoria.
5: The "keep calm and carry on" slogan was originally dreamt up as a way of preserving morale in the event of a Nazi invasion of Britain.
6: British people drink 165 million cups of tea every day.
7: There is only a 34 km long gap between England and France and the countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel.
8: The Name Big Ben does not refer to the famous clock, but actually to the bell.
9: London was the first city in the world to have an underground subway system.
10: There have been over 10 reported sightings of ‘Nessie’ venturing around Loch Ness in Scotland.
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How Do Spacecraft Slow Down? We Asked a NASA Technologist
How do spacecraft slow down? Rigid heat shields and retropropulsion have been the favorites of engineers for years.
Now NASA is testing a new inflatable heat shield technology that could allow us to carry even larger payloads to worlds with atmospheres: https://www.nasa.gov/loftid
Launching on Nov. 1 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket along with NOAA's JPSS-2 mission, the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, will demonstrate the heat shield's ability to slow down and survive atmospheric entry y: https://go.nasa.gov/3N7yzBG
Credit: NASA
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