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Solving the Rocket Pendulum Fallacy?

  • FlyingMonk
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Is Specific impulse indicative of performance as a gun propellant?

  • Christofer Br
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Can a CO2 torpedo achieve 0.25N thrust with A/A* = 4?

  • Julez55
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How to model a rocket equation from the derivative of momentum?

  • Physyx
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Could We Monitor Weather on All Planets with Current Space Budget?

  • PicnicDoctor
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Hydrofoil lift calculator verification at 20 m/s with 1:1 aspect ratio

  • urbsurfer
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Do surfaces ahead of propellers decrease thrust?

  • leviterande
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SpaceX Supersonic electric propulsion systems for airliners

  • Xforce
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Project Orion-Like Space Vehicle

  • Xforce
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A Flying Hoverboard that I want to replicate

  • kpuding
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SpaceX SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy development: Mk1 prototype and 20 km test

  • mfb
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Can Particle Beams Effectively Vaporize Dangerous Asteroids?

  • GTOM
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Fusion aerospace propulsion systems for the near future

  • Xforce
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Aeroplane wing structure -- airflow question

  • Frigus
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Can Ion Thrusters with Continuous Iron Expulsion Power Interplanetary Probes?

  • philip porhammer
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Weird nuclear propulsion concept

  • hagopbul
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NASA What would happen if the Mars 2020 rover found life?

  • new6ton
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NASA Which of these methods is the best bet for space propulsion?

  • Maximum7
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Are CRTs Suitable for Use in Ion Thrusters?

  • RamSkull
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SpaceX More details about next-gen 18m SpaceX launch vehicle

  • Xforce
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Is black-hole propulsion really feasible?

  • swampwiz
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The 5 closest potentially habitable exoplanets

  • alberto91
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Why Is Space Travel More Complex Than It Seems?

  • Z0dCHiY8
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Braking spacecraft in a snow-filled tank?

  • trurle
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Boeing How Does the Boeing 777 Main Gear Oleo Strut Work and How Is EPR Calculated?

  • stan19
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How Should We Prepare for Potential Asteroid Collisions?

  • dsaun777
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Analysis of Hubbed Axial Flow Fan

  • aeronautical
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Choice of computing platform for guidance system

  • eichfeld
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Is My Calculation of Rocket Exhaust Velocity Using N2H4 and Aerozine 50 Correct?

  • .:Endeavour:.
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Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Power Estimation

  • Thusithatck
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Difference between gyroscope angular displacement and Euler angles

  • ZekDe
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What are the likely first forms of relativistic spacecraft propulsion?

  • greswd
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Yaw, pitch and roll vs. azimuth and elevation

  • senmeis
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Power required to compress air in a gas turbine

  • Jeremy Ardley
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Two basic questions about satellite communication

  • senmeis
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Aspect ratio used in induced drag and lift calculations

  • MaxKang
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Application point of the lift force and pitching moment

  • fog37
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SpaceX Anomaly during Crew Dragon test

  • mfb
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Air Cannon Air Speed Calculations

  • BriggsFz
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Kerbal Space Program - Rocket Design Basics

  • collinsmark
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SpaceX Starlink launch - first 60 satellites

  • mfb
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Ka vs. Ku communication satellites

  • senmeis
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NASA Is a VTOL Electric Aircraft Feasible for Titan Exploration?

  • mfb
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Are orbital sun shades to reverse climate change realistic?

  • arusse02
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Ideas about centrifugal space colony habitats on high-gravity planets

  • greswd
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Could beta(-) emitters be used to build a compact light-space-drive?

  • consuli
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Hypothetical Movement of Unidentified Aircraft

  • nytmr24
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Remarkable New Marine Propulsion Systems

  • anorlunda
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NASA NASA aluminum fraud scheme probe

  • nsaspook
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Why couldn't the space shuttle slow down in space?

  • zuz
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Could wing height position (through changing pitch) affect propeller airflow?

  • WrathofAtlantis
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Satellite internet constellations

  • mfb
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Boeing What's happening to Boeing's production?

  • Roberto Teso
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6th International Academy of Astronautic Conference, Livestreamed

  • gleem
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NASA NASA Captures First Air-to-Air Images of Supersonic Shockwave

  • Spinnor
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Rocket debris thrown into Space

  • happyhacker
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AN Standard 37 degree taper fitting

  • Edward Camic
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Simple lift/drag measurements in a wind tunnel

  • 09matthew
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NASA Today is NASA's Day of Rememberance

  • BillTre
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Would an astronaut be able to get back to the space station?

  • Doug Gantt
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Secondary Mirror in Solar Concentrator Dish Designs

  • vladpaln
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Engine Type/Configuration and Aircraft Performance

  • Delta Force
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Airplane Landing Questions -- How can the pilot see the ground?

  • seazal
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How many O-rings would a mechanical engineer use here?

  • Roy S Ramirez
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How Many Sensors Does a Typical Rocket Have?

  • senmeis
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Recharge satellite batteries utilizing a ground-based laser?

  • Scott Ryals
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Shape-changing dirigible electrical generation/transmission

  • Donald Yanzick
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How is fuel pumped in fighter aircrafts? (F-16 etc.)

  • mastermechanic
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Boeing Lion Air 737 Max: Did faulty AOA sensor crash the plane against pilot control?

  • russ_watters
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How does ion aircraft propulsion work?

  • artis
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NASA NASA asteroid collision warning?

  • jim mcnamara
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Airfoil drag prediction in incompressible and inviscid flow

  • lordvon
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NASA NASA's spacewalks, on the ISS, Jan 6 and Jan 13

  • Stavros Kiri
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Why are rockets tethered before takeoff

  • Sami1999
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Ferris wheel Business process reengineering

  • prashantakerkar
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Inertial loads -- Sources of information needed

  • giovanna Centenaro
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Central "through" crack with a concentrated load

  • kajalschopra
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How to Calculate the Speed of a Sprocket?

  • Ballena Joseph
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NASA NASA Challenge - CO2 Conversion

  • Tom.G
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How much air flow is required for lifting a wing?

  • bob012345
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Are astronauts allowed to have tattoos on their body?

  • quantknight
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NASA NASA Parker Solar spacecraft question

  • Andreza Carvalho
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Exact constraint in practice -- Pinned joint with 2 DOF

  • jasc15
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Injector pressure drop in a liquid rocket engine

  • Roy S Ramirez
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Pressure drop necessary to have desired gas flow rate

  • Manganese
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Can a Vertical Lift Engine Hover With 30 Pounds?

  • bob012345
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NASA Contoversy about NASA's Asteroid Tracking

  • BillTre
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Ek vs engine power in cars and space

  • vysqn
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Is it possible to be both an astronaut and astrophysicist?

  • riley4190
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Steering rockets in space by shifting CM

  • RubinLicht
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Can centripetal force recover energy in spacecraft?

  • Jerry Walz
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NASA Ars Technica: Pew research indicates other NASA priorities

  • jim mcnamara
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NASA Calculating Super Accurate Ephemerides: NASA's Method

  • xaratustra
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