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Numerical Methods for Learning Orbital Mechanics

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Find the wingspan and sweep angle of a V-tail

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Requirements and systems engineering

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Boeing Starliner launches to space (but not ISS) (reached ISS in 2022)

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Can Vacuum Airships Overcome Structural Challenges for Feasible Flight?

  • Joes12
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Bi-propellant Liquid Fuel Engine Pressures Before Thrust Chamber

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Electric fan to get ramjet airborne?

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Horsepower needed to hover 110 and 300 pounds at 30 feet altitude

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Boeing Why did China Eastern 737 crash during cruise at cruise altitude?

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Which fan placement offers the most airflow for cooling electronics?

  • garyTheSnail
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Literature on turboprop fuel comparison: hydrogen, methanol, and Jet A1

  • Michael111
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Calculate the total energy required to fly a drone on this flight plan

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What is the deal with these crazy, stupid, and dangerous pilots?

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Astronauts landing on the planet Mars

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How difficult will it be to build a 'hybrid' Jet engine?

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Unidentified aerial phenomena technology and propulsion discussion

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The Traditional Bernoulli Eqn Derivation of Rocket Exhaust Velocity

  • BrandonInFlorida
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VTOL Jet Engine Aircraft and VTOL Jet Engine

  • VTOL147
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[Aerodynamics] Bernoulli's equation and Pressure Coefficient

  • Leo Liu
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NASA NASA Mars Spectrometry competition: predict habitability from rover data

  • Tom.G
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What is the Purpose of This Aluminum Laser with No Markings?

  • dmar
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New type of rocket propulsion design, and why it might not work?

  • escape75
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VTOL RC Airplane Tricopter COG, Liftoff Weight Calculations

  • socalaerospace
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Why are lifting lugs still attached to this jet wing?

  • MathExplorer
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Aerosol particles, how do I calculate this?

  • Lodeeve
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How Does the OTPI Calculate the Exact Position of RF Emitters?

  • nauman
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Why do we need stators in compressors or turbines?

  • Hidd
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Who is the professor behind the Landsat program?

  • dlgoff
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[Structural Dynamics] How to model a 3D wing as a 2D Wind Tunnel Model

  • WhiteWolf98
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What is necessary for a hypothetical supersonic speed Radio Controlled Jet?

  • Noob of the Maths
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Pressure drag and the Reynolds number

  • LT72884
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How to Build an Isopropanol Rocket Engine?

  • Mazewind
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Mars - Igneous Rock, Exposed to Water, and with Organic Material

  • Tom.G
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Where Are Starship's RCS Thrusters Located?

  • darkdave3000
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How calculate lift/drag using static pressure taps in wind tunnel test?

  • Jurgen M
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Could battery-powered aircraft reach supersonic speed?

  • Anand Sivaram
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Calculate lift from pressure distribution

  • Jurgen M
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Could the Wright Flyer take off without wind?

  • MarceloJenisch
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DART mission launches to test asteroid deflection

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Boeing How Safe is the Boeing 737 Max's MCAS System?

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Lucy spacecraft and James Webb space telescope

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How can I calculate critical loading conditions for max flap extension?

  • Rameez_Ul_Haq
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Ensuring Radio Connectivity on a Newly-Launched Satellite

  • Kevin Heart
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How to define the mass ratio of a multi-stage rocket?

  • Leo Liu
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How does a pulsed plasma thruster work?

  • Leo Liu
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The 835kph Sailplane and Dynamic Soaring

  • anorlunda
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Can the Genesis Project really seed the galaxy with robots?

  • Johnny powell
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Is Orbital Solar Feasible for the Future?

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Can Electron Rockets Revolutionize Interstellar Travel?

  • dansmith170
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Atypical demonstration of ground effect

  • .Scott
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How to calculate airplane noise as a function of distance?

  • Wes Turner
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Turbulence and why eddy breakups take place?

  • Vashliana
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Iconic first in flight (Ingenuity helicopter on Mars)

  • neilparker62
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Change the application pole of the moment of a force

  • Marco9518
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When did aircraft begin using systematic glide paths?

  • Stephen Tashi
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Chaotic ISS attitude after Nauka misfires thrusters (resolved)

  • mfb
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Would an ICE powered Hall thrusters be efficient?

  • Stormer
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Is a Continuous Mars-Earth Transporter Using Gravity Assist Viable?

  • Stormer
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Why is Projected Area constant when varying AoA?

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Bold, Monster, Engineering Successes

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Submarines that don't use compressed air to sink and rise?

  • feynman_fan
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Single main rotor helicopter

  • Marco9518
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Using reflected laser beams and cooled mirrors for spacecraft propulsion

  • drjamesroe
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Probe to the Ocean of Enceladus

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Can Mars provide enough nitrogen for domed cities?

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New Electric Airplane for Package Delivery

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Gathering Ice on Mars for Paraterraforming

  • GTOM
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MQ-25 T1 Mid-Air Refueling Drone -- First Flight

  • berkeman
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NASA NASA - Venus Technology Plan (DRAFT) December, 2018

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Getting started with HHO propulsion experiments

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What were the early design concepts for the Apollo program?

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Frequency of boundary layer instability

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What are typical Pressures in a test section of a shock tunnel?

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SpaceX SpaceX Starship SN15 150-meter flight test planned

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Around which point does an aircraft rotate during the landing flare?

  • Stefan428
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Question regarding converging-diverging nozzles

  • Amaelle
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Can pressure change in a duct with constant cross-sectional area?

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Calculating Rate of Climb from T/W, L/D and Velocity

  • TheArrow
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NASA My rough idea on a near light drive

  • MoistOxi
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NASA Is the EmDrive still considered a verboten topic in space exploration?

  • tionis
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Catastrophic engine failure on Flight UA328

  • Astronuc
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Inspiration4: Raffle for a trip to space (US only)

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Hydrogen in the Aviation Industry -- Survey

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Project Loon, Stratospheric balloon

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NASA What did Apollo CM use helium for?

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Boundary layer growth in convergent and divergent ducts at subsonic speed

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#dearMoon: Flight around the Moon accepts applications

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Can Fusion Thrusters Revolutionize Space Travel?

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Propeller with bell lift distribution has best thrust/power ratio?

  • John Mcrain
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Propeller blade lift distribution for best thrust/power ratio?

  • John Mcrain
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F-104 Starfighter Flight Envelope (contains envelope page image)

  • chr2021
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Making a vertical stabilizer for a Space Shuttle Discovery model

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