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Asperger’s Syndrome to Elon Musk, his Space X & Doge Cryptocurrency

Asperger’s Syndrome to Elon Musk, his Space-X & Doge Cryptocurrency

 

The SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk has announced that he had Asperger’s Syndrome.

 

An announcement was made that SpaceX is to launch DOGE-1 Mission to moon.

 

The Geometric Energy corporation that is sending DOGE-1 in Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX is to pay in Doge Cryptocurrency.

 

What is Asperger’s Syndrome?

 

It is a disorder where people have trouble in social relationships.

The Asperger Syndrome is named after the German doctor Hans Asperger who first described about the disorder in 1944.

It is a kind of autism disorder.

It severely inhibits the mental and social development of a person.

Autism Spectrum Disorder

 

The Asperger’s Syndrome falls into the category of Autism Spectrum Disorder. However, Asperger’s Syndrome is different from other Autism Spectrum Disorders.

 These persons only face difficulties in social interaction. The causes of Asperger’s syndrome is unknown. It is inherited from parents.

International Classification of Diseases

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is maintained by the World Health Organisation.

It is widely used world wide for morbidity and mortality statistics.

It is revised periodically.

The eleventh version of ICD was done in 2019 and is to come into effect on January 2022.

 

 

What is Spacex ?

-Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

 -SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars.

 -SpaceX manufactures the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, several rocket enginesDragon cargo and crew spacecraft and Starlink communications satellites.

 

What are the achievements of SpaceX's ?

SpaceX's achievements include the following –

-First privately funded liquid-propellant rocket to reach orbit (Falcon 1 in 2008),

-First private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station (Dragon in 2012),

-Falcon 9-

The first vertical take-off and vertical propulsive landing for an orbital rocket (Falcon 9 in 2015), the first reuse of an orbital rocket (Falcon 9 in 2017), and

-First private company to send astronauts to orbit .

-Starlink

SpaceX is developing a satellite megaconstellation named Starlink to provide commercial internet service.

 In January 2020 the Starlink constellation became the largest satellite constellation in the world.

-Starship

SpaceX is also developing Starship, a privately funded, fully reusablesuper heavy-lift launch system for interplanetary spaceflight.

 

What is a Crypto currency?

A cryptocurrency  is a digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services, but uses an online ledger with strong cryptography to secure online transactions.

 Much of the interest in these unregulated currencies is to trade for profit, with speculators at times driving prices skyward.

What is Doge crypto currency?

Dogecoin  symbol: Ð is a cryptocurrency created by software engineers  it is instant, fun, and free from traditional banking fees.

- It was introduced on December 6, 2013, and quickly developed its own online community.

- Dogecoin has jumped by 800% over April 2021. It is now the fourth largest digital currency in the world.

- Currently the Bitcoin,is  the largest crypto currency .

 

-  Musk says crypto is speculative ,have some fun ,it is the future currency of Earth. 

 

What is DOGE-1 ?

 

-DOGE-1 is to be launched in Falcon 9.

- Falcon 9 is a partially reusable two-stage launch vehicle. It uses liquid oxygen and rocket grade kerosene as propellants.

 

-It is the first ever commercial payload to be paid with Dogecoin.

-The satellite weighs 40 kilograms. The satellite is to be launched in 2022.

 

Is Crypto currency legal in India?

 

- The government  of India does not consider crypto currencies as legal tender .

-In India there is no complete legal backing for crypto currencies  .

-Through a circular in 2018, the RBI had advised not to deal with virtual currencies or provide services for facilitating any person or entity in dealing with settling them.