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Rocket Engine Design for Junior's Science Project
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Can a Balloon Platform Reach Outer Space?
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High speed jets used in rocket engines
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Help finding a Mentor in Aerospace Engineering
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Model Rocket Propulsion: The Power of Hydrogen and Oxygen Combustion
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Boeing Airbus A380: The Game-Changing Jet that Has Boeing on Edge
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Space access through pumping fuel or reaction mass up a long pipeline.
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Do Astronauts Use Hypersleep Chambers Like in Movies?
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Space Shuttle Lands in San Diego, and other April Fools Day classics
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Aspiring Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineer
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Is DIY Model Rocket Engine Making Safe?
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What Is the Strongest Material for Constructing Spaceships?
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How can I design a basic guidance system for my model rocket?
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How do actuators in fly-by-wire systems on aircraft work?
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Dogfight: Is Air-to-Air Combat Still Relevant?
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Need advice from mech/aero space engineers
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What Is the Largest Payload Ever Launched by an Atlas V Rocket?
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Mysterious Russian Aircraft From Beyond 2000
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NASA Where Does Consciousness Originating From?
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Why didn't the Harrier aircraft succeed in achieving vertical take-off?
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Large Aircraft Take-Off: How Much Space is Needed?
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NASA Aerospace Engineer Positions at NASA: Challenges and Opportunities
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Rocket Model Experiments for (School)
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NASA The probability of working for NASA
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What Can You Discover on the Russian Aviation Forum?
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Top Jet Propulsion Books for Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion
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Engineering students take Aerospace engineering
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TETERBORO Airport Corporate Jet Crash - Witness Reports and Rescue Efforts
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When do u think the first space ship will be built
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Which Specific Heat Ratios Should I Use for Rocket Propellant Gases?
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Space Technology and Applications International Forum
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Aerospace people get in here quick, i w/ a question.
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Building a rocket with my friend from scratch
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What factors affect take-off velocity and runway length for a small jet craft?
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Why Did the Apollo LEMs Have a Four Leg Landing Gear?
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New type of 'disc-golf-disc' designed by jon potts
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Comparing Russian and American Aerospace Technology
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What is the Volga Shipyard Orlyonok and why is there not more interest in it?
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NASA Burt Rutan and NASA: A Tale of Contrasts
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Disaster relief blimps: case made
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Scientist Sees Space Elevator in 15 Years
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Maglev launcher for suborbital space tourism?
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Better still, a Tramway to Space
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Build an Aircraft: What License Do I Need?
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Help I need to clear the runway
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Are practical aircrafts dependent on carbon-based fuels?
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Why Must a Plane Reach 70% of Takeoff Speed Midway Down the Runway?
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What is an Ornithopter and Can it Really Fly?
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Aircraft System Help: What is the Branch of Above?
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Which is the best space propulsion method?
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Calculating Thrust Speed in Space: 10 Tons, 100 kg Thrust
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Why does astronaut feel ' no weight ' when in space?
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Revolutionizing Rocket Engines: The Power of Direct Fusion and Fission Reactions
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Where Can I Find Advanced Scramjet Theory Online?
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How can I accurately model the launch trajectory of a Saturn V rocket?
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Decoding Helicopter Movement: The Equation Behind Vertical Flight
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How Can We Efficiently Transport Hydrogen and Oxygen to Space Stations?
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Moretti G. & Abbett 1966: "A Time-Dependent Computational Method" Free Download
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Atlantis shuttle and satellite orbits
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Airfoil moment performance details
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Shuttle Main Engines: What's Happening?
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I want to be an aerospace engineer
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What is the Final Speed of a Horizontally Launched Rocket in Space?
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A collateral question about rockets
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NASA Wakeup call re NASA and astrophysics
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Black Sky: Space Ship One documentary on Science Channel
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Is Burt Rutan the Cray of aeronautics?
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Breaking Sound Barrier: Investigating Condensated Flow
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Can Aerobatic Planes Fly Inverted Due to Their Wing Shape?
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Remote controlled aircraft: Biplane efficiency
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Jet Engines: Momentum, Pressure and Thrust
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Revolutionizing Jet Engine Design: A New Idea to Increase Efficiency?
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A traveling-wave engine to power deep space travel
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Resistence of wings on commercial airliners
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How does the shape of a scramjet engine affect its thrust?
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Can a Helicopter Land Safely with Power Failure?
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Golden coloured paper in Satellites
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Project for aeronautical engineering
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Space elevator and ionoshphere
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Can a guided zeppelin be controlled in the case of wind?
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Aerospace Engineering: Hardest Engineering?
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Harnessing Air Flow with Charged Fields?
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Inflatable spaceship set for test flight
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Space Shuttle Reference Manual PDF Download
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Aeronautical and astronautical Engineering
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Which Materials Reflect Low-Frequency Sound in AC/Heating Systems?
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EStatic Field on Aeroplane Wings
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Potential flow around an airfoil
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NASA NASA Chief: 'Let's Go Save the Hubble'
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Falling from an aircraft effects?
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Low-Budget X-Prize Rocket Explosion in Washington State: No Injuries Reported
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Is hovering helicopter torque ever exactly = 0 ?
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Good Flight Simulator for PC | $100-$1000
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Aerospace Engineering: Pros, Cons & Advice
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Aerodynamics and Flight Mechanics
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Forum Members: Let's come up with a design for a Mars Spacecraft,;any IDEAS?
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Why Does the Space Shuttle's Calculated Acceleration Seem Low?
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Is It Time for a Moon or Mars Mission?
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What are everyones thoughts on UAVs?
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NASA Creating a "Coke Bottle" Rocket with Volatile Fuel
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