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-An eerie spiral lit up the European skies. Here’s why such light shows are becoming more common [[https://kra30c.cc/|kra cc]]
+‘I could not afford the American Dream:’ This retired US veteran relocated to Brazil after struggling with the cost of living [[https://kra32a.at/|kraken зеркало]]
-The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast.
-Such strange light shows have been a known feature of rocket launches for years. But as humanity rapidly increases the number of objects propelled into space — more people are inadvertently witnessing the phenomena.
+After spending years traveling the world while working in the United States military, Christopher Boris dreamed of one day moving overseas permanently.
-“We’re not used to seeing things that are happening in space in these very low (atmospheric) densities,” said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, referring to the thin atmosphere that exists at high altitudes and in Earth’s orbit.
+But the retired veteran, who grew up in New Jersey but was based in Maryland at the time, ended up relocating earlier than he’d intended after struggling to cope with the rising cost of living.
-When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida last week — flying northeastward as it headed for Earth’s orbit to drop off a spy satellite for the US military — it put on a show for millions over the United Kingdom and the European continent.
+“I really couldn’t afford my mortgage payments and my utilities anymore,” Boris tells CNN Travel.
-Shortly after launch, social media users began to report “strange shapes” dancing in the sky.
+“I struggled. I was living off of VA disability,” Boris says, referring to a tax-free monetary benefit paid to veterans with disabilities. “And I said, ‘I think my money could go a lot longer living overseas.’”
+In the summer of 2024, Boris and his wife Maria Jesus, originally from Bolivia, left the US to start a new life in Brazil.
-The scene was “likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,” according to a post on X that the Met Office, Britain’s national weather service, shared after the launch.
+“I could not afford the American Dream,” he says.
-The viral images were reminiscent of the “jellyfish” phenomenon that has accompanied some SpaceX launches from Florida and California. Visible from the North American coasts, the “jellyfish” is marked by a massive teardrop-shaped streak of light that grows and stretches as the rocket flies.
+According to Boris, they had been struggling financially for at least five years, but things came to a head when he left his government job in 2022.
-Despite their similarities, however, experts said the phenomena of the jellyfish and spiral are distinct.
+“It was a year-long decision,” he adds. “My wife and I were always talking about moving overseas.”
-A ghostly spiral
-The eerie bat signal-like spiral following SpaceX’s March 24 military satellite launch formed after the rocket had already made its delivery. The vehicle was preparing to plunge out of orbit and back into Earth’s atmosphere, twirling toward a safe splashdown in the ocean — and leaving fuel in its wake.
-Such maneuvers made to dispose of rocket bodies are common after launches.
+While they considered moving to Bolivia, the couple ultimately chose to settle in neighboring country Brazil, a destination that they’d previously lived in between 2007 and 2008, when Boris was stationed there.
-The Falcon 9 is designed to break into two parts — or “stages.”
+“We chose Brazil, and Rio specifically, because of the higher quality of life,” explains Boris, adding that their experiences using the medical care system in the country had been positive, and they knew that they could live comfortably there.
-The first stage is the bottommost portion of the rocket with nine engines that fire up at liftoff, powering the 230-foot (70-meter) vehicle off the ground. The first-stage booster is also the same part that SpaceX routinely guides to landing after launch and reuses to save money.

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