The Millennium Falcon was inspired by a burger. Sometimes, little everyday things can inspire the big ones. For the Millennium Falcon, that little thing was a burger. The side cockpit is said to be based on an olive. Since then, the Millenium Falcon has gotten flak from generations of Star Wars characters for being affectionately dubbed as a piece of junk.
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Linux is used by every major space programme in the world, including NASA and the ESA. Private space companies like SpaceX also leverage it, with the latter having completed 65 space missions (and counting) with the assistance of a fault-resistant Linux system in their powerful Falcon 9 rockets.