Join expert discussion on aerospace and astronautics. Technology and industry concerned with aviation, space flight and space exploration. Plane, Shuttle and Rocket design, news and concepts. SpaceX, Blue Origin and NASA space agencies.
Threads
SpaceX Water injection into SpaceX raptor engine during first 10s
- alas666
- · Replies 15 ·
Flow rate of air through constriction
- MysticDream
- · Replies 10 ·
Ionizing Atmosphere on the nose of a rocket, missile or aircraft to reduce drag
- paul3337
- · Replies 3 ·
Looking for blueprints to the ISS solar panel array
- paul3337
- · Replies 1 ·
Surveillance Cameras for Pilots
- anorlunda
- · Replies 25 ·
What are the unique characteristics of a scramjet exhaust plume?
- Flyboy
- · Replies 1 ·
Experience the Thrill of Dynamic Soaring for Extreme RC Glider Speeds
- Flyboy
- · Replies 2 ·
NASA Does the ISS Rotate to Stay Earth-Facing?
- DaveC426913
- · Replies 5 ·
Is 'Airwolf' possible with our current technology? (Supersonic Helicopter)
- Dominic Santini
- · Replies 69 ·
FAA proposes five options for orbital booster disposal
- .Scott
- · Replies 17 ·
Boeing Boeing 737 Cargo Plane Ditches off Honolulu
- berkeman
- · Replies 87 ·
GE initiates testing on second XA100 "adaptive cycle" fighter jet engine
- berkeman
- · Replies 4 ·
On the cusp of fully grasping Method of Characteristics
- Benjies
- · Replies 1 ·
Gap needed for two adjacent aerodynamic blades to be useful
- T C
- · Replies 10 ·
Nuclear Thermal Rocket (NTR) propulsion
- Astronuc
- · Replies 18 ·
What exactly is Voyager 2's backup Power Supply?
- NTL2009
- · Replies 10 ·
ESA's Dual Stage 4 Grid Ion propulsion
- darkdave3000
- · Replies 64 ·
Improve Result of my CFD results
- Smushiehippo
- · Replies 1 ·
What happens to shock waves when a plane decelerates from hypersonic speed?
- Mustafa Bayram
- · Replies 11 ·
What was the strange aircraft I heard at the dock?
- DaveC426913
- · Replies 10 ·
J58 jet engine and supersonic flight
- Astronuc
- · Replies 2 ·
Why does this refueling pod on Navy fighter jets have a propeller?
- berkeman
- · Replies 18 ·
Lifetimes of jet aircrafts and their engines
- Astronuc
- · Replies 1 ·
Let's Share Innovative Space Tech Ideas We Want to Bring to Earth!
- Angito54
- · Replies 1 ·
Would Earth not be seen flashing from space like a lighthouse?
- earthlingjeff
- · Replies 9 ·
Supersonic and hypersonic shockwave mitigation
- avaneeshg
- · Replies 8 ·
Federal lawsuit against Boeing regarding IP of Wilson Aerospace
- Astronuc
- · Replies 1 ·
Can I build an SSTO spaceplane if I win the lottery?
- benswitala
- · Replies 27 ·
Books on the Thickness and Material of Space Suits
- emilmammadzada
- · Replies 6 ·
NASA What is the propulsion method for the metallic orb?
- Curiousity2023
- · Replies 1 ·
NASA Artemis 1 going to the Moon (launched Nov 16)
- mfb
- · Replies 183 ·
Why is lift perpendicular to the wing?
- thetexan
- · Replies 45 ·
How to design an overexpanded nozzle
- T C
- · Replies 14 ·
JUICE spacecraft deployed and en route to Jupiter
- Astronuc
- · Replies 9 ·
Article about JPL and Mars/Venus missions
- Frabjous
- · Replies 1 ·
Rocket thrust equation in under-expanded nozzle
- pejsek
- · Replies 2 ·
Can Electromagnetic Fields Generate Net Thrust with a Metal Plate?
- StoyanNikolov
- · Replies 5 ·
How Can I Maximize My Radio's Power for Moonbounce Communication?
- proteo
- · Replies 3 ·
If we have a non combustible power source
- Dee
- · Replies 5 ·
Why is the Dual-Stage 4-Grid ion drive not widely covered?
- darkdave3000
- · Replies 5 ·
How to Approximate Aerodynamic Coefficients? (Lift/Drag)
- Dikuza
- · Replies 1 ·
Ramjet artillery shell of a big size
- Destroyer500
- · Replies 35 ·
Ways to join thin components in a secure way and quick to unfasten
- theoster
- · Replies 2 ·
Using a mylar drag sheet from a sounding rocket to deorbit small debris
- Flyboy
- · Replies 11 ·
Airbus and CERN develop superconducting power systems for aircraft
- pinball1970
- · Replies 4 ·
Searching for information on the General Electric J31 engine
- jesusnd12
- · Replies 3 ·
Change of ellipse while accelerating the rocket
- NODARman
- · Replies 3 ·
Increasing the Range of Howitzers
- chemisthypnos
- · Replies 66 ·
Using Arduino to Obtain Absolute Orientation from a 6-Axis Gyro
- Leo Liu
- · Replies 8 ·
Why doesn't aircraft weight affect descent angle in a gliding flight
- Leo Liu
- · Replies 4 ·
Can the thrust of Ion Thruster be increased at the cost of speed?
- gggnano
- · Replies 12 ·
Power requirements for lifting 180 kg with an ion thruster on Earth
- gggnano
- · Replies 8 ·
Wait, what? Whose fighter jets are those?
- berkeman
- · Replies 19 ·
NASA What if NASA had rescued Columbia
- jedishrfu
- · Replies 15 ·
Possible to create laminar flow in fast moving air?
- Swamp Thing
- · Replies 4 ·
Does an airliner use elevator in a coordinated turn?
- Leo Liu
- · Replies 8 ·
What type of letters are used in aero-engineering when hand writing?
- John Mcrain
- · Replies 34 ·
NASA NASA - Bimodal NTP/NEP with a Wave Rotor Topping Cycle
- Astronuc
- · Replies 1 ·
SpaceX Is Rocket Lab's Neutron Rocket a True Competitor to SpaceX's Falcon 9?
- gleem
- · Replies 1 ·
Solar power tower at geostationary orbit with rotating mirrors
- MacIntoShiba
- · Replies 6 ·
Building a Flying Car from Frisbie Aerodynamic Principles
- Beginner1
- · Replies 4 ·
Sign convention for negative gust load factor and wing bending
- TEST65
- · Replies 14 ·
Is private space exploration worth the investment compared to pure science?
- sophiecentaur
- · Replies 35 ·
Induced drag of ground effect-vehicle
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 2 ·
Can a Wing Truly Feel the Effective Airflow?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 14 ·
Plasma thruster - plasma instability in magnetic nozzle
- Astronuc
- · Replies 0 ·
Does induced drag theory include the Lift = Weight condition?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 10 ·
The choice of sweep angle (low speed) and its impact on C_L, C_D, C_M
- Leo Liu
- · Replies 5 ·
Ranking "by eye" bi-material cross sections for strength/stiffness
- greg_rack
- · Replies 1 ·
How battery position affects pitching moment slope in model aircraft
- Leo Liu
- · Replies 1 ·
Downwash reducing angle of attack of a wing?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 3 ·
Will rotating detonation engines replace turbofan engines?
- Abheer Parashar
- · Replies 5 ·
Reusable boosters in moon missions
- Paul Colby
- · Replies 5 ·
NASA Inflatable heat shield a ‘huge success’, NASA says
- berkeman
- · Replies 0 ·
Compare aerodynmics of two cars
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 2 ·
Ideal car rear roofline angle and shape for low drag?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 14 ·
Water rocket design for school competition
- StellarisVoid
- · Replies 24 ·
Reducing pollution from rocket launches
- Astronuc
- · Replies 4 ·
SpaceX What's Next for SpaceX and Space Exploration in 2018?
- mfb
- · Replies 85 ·
What's wrong with this math: A lot of thrust and almost no fuel?
- gggnano
- · Replies 3 ·
Can Spin Launch's kinetic catapult compete with conventional rocket first stages?
- sophiecentaur
- · Replies 31 ·
Why Do Windward Tell Tales Stream Up in a Sail?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 26 ·
A350 paint degradation problem is getting nasty
- anorlunda
- · Replies 24 ·
What are the drawbacks to "annular wing"/"super circle" aircraft?
- TechDIYaspirant
- · Replies 19 ·
High Altitude Platform: Power Requirements
- alikim
- · Replies 5 ·
Subsonic airbreathing engines and inlet blade angle
- Benjies
- · Replies 7 ·
I just have a couple questions about parts on an F-16
- MathExplorer
- · Replies 2 ·
Why Was the DCSS/ICPS Designed This Way (launch vehicle)?
- MattRob
- · Replies 3 ·
What is aerodynamics function of front active lip spoiler?
- Jurgen M
- · Replies 20 ·
Self-adjusting orbiting solar shield
- OwlHoot
- · Replies 12 ·
If the lightest metal around were iron, would aerospace even be possible?
- swampwiz
- · Replies 28 ·
Why Not Titanium Alloy Rocket Engine Nozzles?
- Ozen
- · Replies 19 ·
Trying to calculate G-Forces in LUA
- Wetter42
- · Replies 15 ·
Margaret Hamilton, Lead Programmer, Apollo Program's Guidance Computer
- Astronuc
- · Replies 4 ·
Rocket possible collision with Moon
- Astronuc
- · Replies 19 ·
Solar Sails -- What are the current limitations?
- dansmith170
- · Replies 4 ·
Flight mechanics equations: angle of attack, dynamic pressure, and acceleration symbols
- Wetter42
- · Replies 11 ·
Could cymatics keep Martian dust off solar panels?
- Cerenkov
- · Replies 7 ·
Any favorite books on propeller/impeller design?
- theycallmevirgo
- · Replies 2 ·
Chasing the Moon, PBS documentary
- Astronuc
- · Replies 1 ·