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Not every question has an easy answer. For instance, no one can explain why planes stay in the air (there are two competing theories and they are both incomplete). But, there are some questions that do have an answer, and in this chapter we address the most frequently asked questions about space technology; from why do we need to launch metallic boxes into space full of antennas, to why do space engineers need to dress like surgeons while working with satellites.
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A state machine is a computational abstract machine that can be in exactly one of a finite number of states at any given time. The FSM can change from one state to another in response to some inputs; the change from one state to another is called a transition. An FSM is defined by a list of its states, its initial state, and the inputs that trigger each transition.
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The bathtub curve is a failure rate graph which is used in reliability engineering and deterioration modeling and quantitatively depicts the initial non-negligible probability of “infant mortality” of components and parts of a system.
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The number of satellites in LEO is an approximation and is continuously increasing.
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Chechile, I. (2023). TL:DR; Frequently Asked Questions About Space. In: Space Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34818-1_10
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