Space Terms: A Beginner's Guide to Jargon
6 minute read - If you’re reading this, you should know that I am going to miss something. This article is going to cover a lot, but it is pretty unlikely that it’ll cover everything. However, I’m hoping that this guide will be a good starting point for anyone who is trying to understand the concept of space and orbit but is getting buried in the specialized terms and acronyms and needs a little bit of help wading through the weeds.
Looking up into space, or down into the Ether?
3 minute read - Most people share in the imagery of many movies and stories by staring off into space. Whether the “space” around them is the endless nighttime setting of stars, or the watching of clouds coasting across a blue sky, all can recall a time spent in any of these pastimes observing “space”. In this human-centered experience, our society takes these views from our own perspective, which is why we often talk about outer space as “up there” or looking “up” into space. But is that all?