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Fire suppression in a sealed system

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Aerodynamic Forces on 6' x 3' plate at 45 degrees - 70 MPH?

  • kach22i
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Using centripetal force to control solid rocket engine thrust

  • Jack Oswald
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Equation of the camber of a sail

  • SeattleDrew
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Parts of the design of an aircraft that affect the pitching moment

  • MattH150197
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NASA Is There Life on Europa? NASA's Study on the Upcoming Lander Mission

  • mfb
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PSI needed for cropdusting spray droplets to match 145 MPH airspeed

  • Stetson
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Could a Stealth ICBM be a Covert Terrorist Threat?

  • nitronewt
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Can a Railgun-Powered Ramjet Solve the Challenges of High-Speed Travel?

  • BoeingJet
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NASA Test Your NASA Knowledge - Comments

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Do all airfoils (infinite wing) have a flow separation?

  • MaxKang
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SpaceX About the SpaceX Interplanetary Transport System

  • ramzerimar
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Drone project ideas for Google Science Fair 2017

  • Aero_Arnendu
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Hobby rocket engine experiments

  • Raddy13
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New rocket engine may enable trips to Mars

  • wolram
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How Fast Does Air Escape from a Pressurized Suit into Space?

  • Carlos PdL SdT
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RIP Gene Cernan, last astronaut on the moon

  • Astronuc
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Solar Energy Conversion at Night

  • John d Marano
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Helicopters and operational height limits

  • fresh_42
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SpaceX SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion September 1 2016 analysis

  • liometopum
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Catia, measuring just the horizontal distance in side view

  • marellasunny
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Mechanical parts of a jet engine

  • Maximilian Popelier
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Determining the sign of control derivatives

  • eqm
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Aircraft Propeller Blast velocity while in motion

  • Right Brother
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Impulse and step response related to the angular position of a spacecraft

  • Imagin_e
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Magnus effect in flettner rotor

  • Mr lee
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Designing an Electric Aircraft: Testing Motor+Airfoil Configurations

  • MaxKang
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What's it like to fly a satellite?

  • aerohead_18
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SpaceX SpaceX Falcon 9 explosion at Kennedy Space Center

  • tionis
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Best Way to measure Relativistic Rocket Acceleration?

  • tade
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If an astronaut were to die in space, what would they do wit

  • Jupiter60
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Perturbation Methods + Airfoils

  • sparetime2014
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Can a supersonic biplane solve the problems that grounded the Concorde?

  • wolram
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Pendulum fallacy - hovering rockets, still applies?

  • michaeldk
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Artificial gravity concept -- Rotating structure in space

  • artriant
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How is shear stress related to shear rate in aerodynamic applications?

  • MaxKang
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How are Flight Data Recorders built?

  • UNCCME
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Have we been able to land a rocket upright?

  • hsdrop
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Do astronauts watch satellite TV in space?

  • Jupiter60
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Can Multi-Wing Aircraft Designs Improve Lift and Efficiency?

  • petterg
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SpaceX Why does SpaceX land rockets on their engines instead of parachutes?

  • Boing3000
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SpaceX SpaceX: Interplanetary Transport System

  • mfb
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NASA Possible Water Plumes Detected on Jupiter's Moon Europa

  • windy miller
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Books on structures of rockets and spacecraft?

  • ramzerimar
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How do fluids behave in a space centrifugal structure (artificial gravity)

  • artriant
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What is the origin and meaning of the word rocket?

  • Matt-STIPA
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What are good resources for learning ANSYS APDL?

  • suresh756
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NASA NASA discovers exoplanet outside its funding budget

  • collinsmark
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Propulsion by Cosmic Particle Deflection: A New Idea?

  • udtsith
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Factors affecting wind turbine cut in speed

  • norris
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Can we hear a supersonic plane?

  • andrewkirk
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust booster lands at launch site for second time

  • mfb
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What's the difference between MUOS and Iridium satellite com

  • arabianights
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Mechanical Space Propulsion. Why isn't this possible?

  • kerbtrek
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Importing Mechanical Apdl geometry in Ansys Workbench

  • lord sauron
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Calculation of mass flow rate of 50MW

  • JK Gowdham
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What Factors Affect Wind Turbine Efficiency Beyond Betz's Law?

  • gloo
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Where to find post stall airfoil data for high angles of attack

  • Antonio9393
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Why does commercial aviation use Skydrol instead of MIL-H-83282?

  • AeroGeek
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How does Turbulence Intensity affect drag and flow separation?

  • Ghalih
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Efficiency of one large propeller versus multiple smaller propellers

  • Dusan Stan
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Challenges in Implementing McCormic's Vortex Theory of Propellers

  • Antonio9393
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Home-Made Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engine

  • MattRob
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Pressure drop in rod bundles without spacer grid

  • sehrish shakir
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The new British pilot less aircraft

  • wolram
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Why are equilateral triangles favored in the design of ionocrafts?

  • BiGyElLoWhAt
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How exactly does a gas turbine engine produce thrust?

  • ank_gl
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What is the optimum wing angle and corresponding travelled?

  • sama3505
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SpaceX Flawless Falcon Flight (SpaceX)

  • 1oldman2
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Compressed oxygen for jet engine (?)

  • willis hallis
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NASA Kepler mission discovers over 1000 additional exoplanets

  • mfb
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Three/four sprockets in horizontal line can be run by chain?

  • shanky5
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How does the Hyperloop engine work?

  • wolram
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How do we extract oil from 5km depth and detect it underground?

  • ENE
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Thrust angle calculation for off-centerline airplane engine

  • aerohead_18
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Reduced Efficiency at Sea Level

  • MattRob
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Low Atmosphere Rocket Launch Stages Carry Their Own Oxygen -- Why?

  • Hoophy
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How do airfoils generate lift if equal transit theory is wrong?

  • Hoophy
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Injecting liquid oxygen into a jet engine without intake

  • jmalitz
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Explanation of stiffness/compliance matrices

  • chiraganand
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Does the induced drag increase with speed?

  • MaxKang
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Project and Construction of Arduino controlled model rocket

  • vinicius0197
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Adverse pressure gradient on a wing

  • hob63
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NASA The Korowai people and NASA's robotic car

  • Planobilly
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SpaceX SpaceX successfully lands on droneship 8-4-16

  • CynicusRex
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Rocket engine vs jet engine efficiency

  • Noham1
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Why do astronauts float in space?

  • John Pang
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Does VASIMR eject its propellant gas or recycle it?

  • AlkamlBan
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RIP Bob Ebeling - Engineer of Shuttle Booster Rockets

  • Astronuc
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The advantage the constant-volume combustion type gas turbine engine

  • qumf
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General-Electric GEnx turbofan engine picture label request

  • Hassan Ismaeel
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Designing a Kite for a Truck Adventure

  • WhatmoughG
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What is the most aerodynamic shape for minimizing air resistance?

  • yrjosmiel73
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Derivation of Aerodynamic Forces

  • VyRianS
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Kite trampoline / bungee launching a payload

  • Roderick Read
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How can crevasses be detected in alpine solo tours?

  • Anton Alice
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Can we use pressure to power an unmanned submersible for deep ocean exploration?

  • The_Mark_of_Ivy
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Why not use a line shaft for ground-based generators in large wind turbines

  • myperfectworld
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