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What are the current and future trends in aerospace research?

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Consequences of Stalled Vortex Generators on Diffuser Separation

  • JD88
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Could the Airbus grant Increase aerospace jobs?

  • PhoenyxRising
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Is El Nino Linked to Increased Risk of Plane Crashes in the Western US?

  • hammertime
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Some witty replys to things like, what goes up must come down

  • herpamad
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Battery-powered plane: 70 mph, 2-hour endurance, 60-cent recharge

  • mgb_phys
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Could Liquid Neon Be a Viable Rocket Fuel?

  • samblohm
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Creating a process sheet for satellite part manufacturing

  • zeroconfig
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NASA Buzz aldrin posing, NASA artists?

  • jostpuur
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Do three aerospace contract wins in Wales indicate job market improvement?

  • PhoenyxRising
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Centerline Compression Turbine Engine

  • bluewater68
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How do you design a pulse jet engine from scratch?

  • gary350
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Dropped knob grounds shuttle for 6 months

  • mgb_phys
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NASA Why does NASA use imperial units instead of metric?

  • Borek
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Answer: "Airflow Around a Wheel: Why Do Hub Caps Bulge Out?

  • seanclery
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Tesla Turbine, or variation of it.

  • Averagesupernova
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Space propulsion breakthrough: new spacecraft ion engine tested

  • Astronuc
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Guided missile collision angle with moving target

  • zatoichi
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What is going on with the UK aerospace sector.

  • PhoenyxRising
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New spacecraft starts taking early universe data

  • marcus
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Bird strike / jet impact – solution concept plausibility question:

  • Id10t
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Calculating reduction in static temperature and pressure

  • Aeroengie
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NASA House Panel Cuts Funds for NASA's Managed Space Exploration

  • aquitaine
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NASA Selling Processed Data from NASA and Journal Sources

  • Cyrus
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NASA Colbert wins NASA space station name contest

  • Ivan Seeking
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Ion Engine Efficency: What Mass is Optimal?

  • flatmaster
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Measuring Moment of Inertia of RC Helicopter

  • williamshipman
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Black box replaced with continous data transfer?

  • Spinnor
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Shockwave-Boundary layer interaction

  • vader
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Can a 14-Year-Old Design a Space Skydiving Suit?

  • GypsyBoy
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Mobile engine propulsion system?

  • Vals509
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Designing Model Rockets for Maximum Altitude

  • Art_
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CFD analysis of turbine blade cascade with stagger angle variation

  • jayaero
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How to calibrate a load cell for measuring moment force on an aerofoil

  • dotz5
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What made an Airbus rudder snap in mid-air?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Could people check this for me?

  • seanclery
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Does Rocket Equation Change with Different Exhaust Velocities?

  • vincentryan
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NASA Is NASA's direction being reviewed for the future of space science?

  • Coin
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How to find axial loads in stiffening rods of a shear panel

  • quyn123
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NASA Heatabsorbing material from NASA

  • acarendi
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What is the minimum wind speed needed to get 'pop' from a Kitewing?

  • Phrak
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How to Calculate Gas Turbine Inlet Temperature?

  • lubaby
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Requirements to major in Astronautical engineering.

  • daerk23
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Material of Airfoils in Wind Tunnel Experiment

  • waealu
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What do these terms mean in aircraft modelling?

  • Vanir
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Torque of a structure in zero G (space shuttle)

  • mongolianbbq
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F1inSchool Challenge: Design a CO2-Powered F1 Car

  • ray_crimsonhe
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I have several questions in in satellite,space research and spacecraft

  • Ahmadsh
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Stagnation pressure for attached shock

  • snowman5
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Top Senior Capstone Project Ideas for Aerospace Engineering Students

  • NBAJam100
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Is the F-22 Really the Best Fighter Jet?

  • djeitnstine
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How to calculate compressed air temperature and pressure

  • vincentryan
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Astronaut Edgar Mitchell: We are not alone

  • Zantra
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[results]testing for microbial Contamination in jet fuel

  • djeitnstine
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How fast does space debris degrade without atmospheric weathering?

  • bobbobwhite
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NASA Is a Human Mission to Mars Feasible in the Near Future?

  • earamsey
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Re-writing aircraft equations of motion (attachment problem fixed)

  • lucy_b14
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Why does propulsive efficiency exceed 100% at high velocity?

  • apc3161
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It's not air friction that heats space shuttle?

  • bluechipx
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Space Shuttle Reentry: Laminar to Turbulent Air Flow

  • Q_Goest
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Improving Solar Impulse: propulsion, aerodynamics, power and materials

  • herpamad
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New to the site, Learning Aerodynamics for car racing

  • Kbonga
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What Are Winglets and How Do They Improve Aircraft Performance?

  • Cyrus
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Helicopter tail rotor thrust requirement

  • PaulHP
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Helicopter Equations: How to Calculate Lift, Dimensions & More

  • Cog
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Why do Jet Engines Have a Compressor?

  • Saladsamurai
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Testing methods of contaminated jet fuel

  • djeitnstine
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Can sudden expansion loss coefficients be summed?

  • JGonzalez
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What Is Jet Engine Inlet Distortion?

  • PhysMaster
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Designing an experiment w/ a wind tunnel

  • crystalsunset
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NASA NASA TV link for Space Shuttle Discovery launch

  • Gnosis
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NASA Nasa's Kepler mission and planet X / Nibiru

  • pingoo
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High altitude aerodynamics and propultion

  • herpamad
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NASA NASA global warming satellite crashes after launch

  • Evo
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What Is the Exhaust Velocity of a Rocket Engine?

  • .:Endeavour:.
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Interrupted air flow at fan inlet, resulting in fan stall

  • kach22i
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Jones "Moon Bricks" for Lunar Colonies

  • stevebd1
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Why does drag increase on blunt nose cones at supersonic speeds?

  • vincentryan
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How are these crafts engines protected from ingress of debris?

  • wolram
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Ways to prevent jet fuel contamination

  • djeitnstine
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Boomerang , its wings and many engineering graphics

  • Mustafa Umut
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Virgin Galactic Spaceships and Whitenight Mothership

  • herpamad
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Can Helicopter Pilots Perform Dead-Stick Landings Through Autorotation?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Why aren't hybrids used more often in spaceflight?

  • aquitaine
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Verifying Mach 10+ Shocks in Shuttle Launch Exhaust

  • DaveC426913
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Strain gauge selection and tradeoffs

  • Cyrus
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NASA James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic

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Paratrooper Ride from an engineering perspective

  • gallant_justin
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Downward air resistance on helicopter

  • Gmanme
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Differential of propellers for air and water

  • Jordy Wells
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Difference between rockets and missiles

  • theallknower
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Books/Info on Computer Science applied in Aerospace fields

  • LovePhysics
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Information about missile control surfaces.

  • ABHIdAVIATOR
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Calculating Hydrogen-Oxygen Ratios at the Space Center

  • flatmaster
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Can Sound Waves Create a Hoverboard?

  • elyas22
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Best wing and airfoil for maximum lift and L/D in a glider?

  • _mariyan_
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Steam catapult and rotating runway for airports

  • CuriousArv
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