NASA and Star Wars: The Connections Are Strong in This One
December 21, 2015 | NASAEstimated reading time: 5 minutes
This is an artist's concept of the fireworks that accompany the birth of a star. The young stellar object is encircled by a pancake-shaped disk of dust and gas left over from the collapse of the nebula that formed the star. Gas falls onto the newly forming star and is heated to the point that some of it escapes along the star's spin axis. Intertwined by magnetic fields, the bipolar jets blast into space at over 100,000 miles per hour. As seen from far away, they resemble a double-bladed lightsaber from the Star Wars film series.
By the way, if we ever visit a planet like Tatooine, we may already know how to build a Jawa Sand Crawler, based on the treads on this crawler-transporter, which carries rockets to the launchpad in Florida.
No, NASA doesn’t have light sabers or hyperdrive yet. And despite popular demand, we’re not building a Death Star. But we are doing what we've done for over half a century -- sending spacecraft into our solar system and beyond, and peering with our telescopes into galaxies far, far away.
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