Oh, Leady, everybody knows that the higher you go, the thicker the air gets. That's why the planes that fly fast and high have to really pointy, but those down lower in the thinner air can be big and blunt.
And the higher you get, the more trouble the light has getting through, so it looks darker - and space is just black.
Rockets need to be pointy to get through that thick air, the failures just bounce off it and fall down again.
And it's true, I read it on the internet.