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NASA My Friend thinks the moon landing was faked by NASA

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Building a rocket that glides down without jettisoning parts

  • Eliott b 12
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What does lifing mean in aviation design?

  • Bandersnatch
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SpaceX Is SpaceX A Viable Option in Space Exploration?

  • Tsubaki
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SpaceX Did SpaceX's Attempt to Reland Their Rocket on a Floating Platform Fail?

  • Doug Huffman
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NASA NASA - water on Mars, sediment pictures

  • Borek
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Have you seen this astronaut's view of spacecraft re-entry?

  • Andy Resnick
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Air turbine? to increase air speed/compress air

  • profinger
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NASA NASA proposes "Cloud City" above Venus

  • Hercuflea
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Open Source Spaceframe recumbent bike build

  • Tom Clane
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Measuring impact force on rubber spacers

  • Hank P
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How spacecrafts are reusable for new missions also?

  • Ganesh Ujwal
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Are there any drawbacks or potential dangers using touchpads on spacecraft?

  • Ganesh Ujwal
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Why did EFT-1 use HRSI tiles if Orion won't fly them operationally?

  • MattRob
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Build a Cubesat: Need Mathematician, Physicist, Engineer

  • king yasin ally
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Why did the Apollo spacecraft go into Earth orbit first?

  • mrspeedybob
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Calculating Tapered Wing Aircraft

  • ChimM
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How Can V-Tail Design Improve Stability and Control in Aileron-Less UAVs?

  • Freddy Diaz
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Collision of rectangles with a masses (2d space)

  • bazelboday
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Which CAD Software is Most Widely Used in Aerospace Engineering?

  • Monsterboy
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Vibrational/Acoustic Loading Spacecraft

  • Milan Baars
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How Is Delta V Loss Calculated for Spacecraft?

  • Bluelogic32
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Selecting electric motors for a UAV surveillance project in Greenland

  • SilentIdea
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Can nonlinear hydrodynamics be ignored when a ship leans and capsizes?

  • wssrwsmt
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Inertial navigation over a very small range

  • PerryGT
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Can modern fly-by-wire systems make a saucer-shaped aircraft practical?

  • OutOfTheBox
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Pressure Difference measurement using Pressure Sensors / Transducers

  • MajSid
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Are you familiar with rocket mass heater design?

  • enosis_
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NASA NASA to announce private space shuttle deal

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Can magnetic hoops stacked like a slinky reach geostationary orbit?

  • OSalcido
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White gaseous substance released from rockets before liftoff

  • beamthegreat
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Kerbal Space Program - Returning to Earth From Duna

  • collinsmark
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Kerbal Space Program - Duna Flight Math

  • collinsmark
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Identify this aerospace astronomical navigational device?

  • jbensink
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How Does a Human Centrifuge Simulate Gravity for Astronauts?

  • Jimmy87
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Making the body of a RC helicopter from balsa wood

  • Austine-J5
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Astronaut in Space With a Spinning Gyroscope

  • aeroseek
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Kerbal Space Program - Orbiting Duna

  • collinsmark
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Kerbal Space Program - Duna Rocket Launch

  • collinsmark
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Can a Wearable Thrust Propulsion System Revolutionize Road Downhilling?

  • Topbowman
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Kerbal Space Program - Launch for Duna

  • collinsmark
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How Can CFD Predict Airflow and Object Trajectories Around Vehicles?

  • spiderB
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Cfd - familiar with ANSYS Fluent or CFX?

  • DinjiP
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Kerbal Space Program - Landing Back on Earth

  • collinsmark
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Recreating a sonic boom in a controlled stationary environment

  • Ziygo
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Boeing Boeing 777 Crash Lands in San Francisco

  • lisab
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Hypothetical Interstellar Spacecraft

  • cjackson
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Could a balloon copter design work as a practical flying device?

  • Buckleymanor
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Power Needed to Keep 1000kg Object in Air

  • anubodh
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Kerbal Space Program - Efficient Launch into Orbit

  • collinsmark
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How Do I Make a Grossly Overexpanded Rocket Nozzle Exhaust Jet Stable?

  • nitronewt
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Paper Rocket Parachute Deployment

  • Boxlife27
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Working in Aerospace in Australia

  • happyslapper
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Variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rocket(VASIMR)

  • Monsterboy
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Why not use atmospheric air to oxidize first-stage rocket fuel

  • aaditya
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Why don't astronauts and spacecraft overheat in direct sunlight?

  • CitronBleu
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Inefficiency from redirected thrust?

  • _greg
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Why Are Quadcopters Considered Inherently Unstable?

  • ankyda
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Power output of an anchored propeller

  • Leon (AW)
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Would it be possible? - A fifth mode of transport

  • Jackthedon
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How far could we detect a rocket in space?

  • GTOM
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Thrust produced by a steam rocket

  • Teslageddon
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Jump Pack Tech Calculation issues

  • MadnessIndy
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NASA Why Is NASA's SOFIA Aircraft in New Zealand?

  • davenn
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Designing Ailerons for School Project Wing

  • pegus
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Making an aerofoil with a cantilever

  • Dingomack
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Rectangular vs Tapered vs Elliptical Wing planform

  • pegus
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Two basic types of horizontal stabilizer systems

  • Warren Hubbard
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NASA Is Mars Home to a Fungus and the Center of a NASA Lawsuit?!

  • Mordred
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Turbine engine burner can hole size

  • iwant2beoz
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Solar power satellite concept from Asimov's I, Robot

  • Emp-Naval
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield interview

  • Solon
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Can You Verify My Equations for Rocket Flight?

  • strive
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V-22 Osprey stabilization during takeoff.

  • Jarfi
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Can Space X Integrate Autorotation in Reusable Rockets?

  • Abstractness
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Optimal blade angle for a small turbine engine

  • iwant2beoz
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WW2 Airplane Submarine: Can it Really Run Underwater?

  • mrspeedybob
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Some numbers with wind turbines

  • jostpuur
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Aerospace Engineer interview for PLTW

  • poestudent
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Could Kepler 22b Support Life and How Would We Get There?

  • tinypositrons
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NASA NASA planetary science budget woes

  • D H
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Books on Spacecraft Control and Navigation

  • tmay42
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NASA NASA planning to develop warpdrive?

  • AdrianHudson
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Is a Flying Skateboard Possible with Current Technology?

  • GreyBubbleGum
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Copenhagen Suborbitals open source space travel

  • harkkam
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Getting to space without rockets

  • Mfo
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Idea for getting into space cheaply

  • prankster
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Magnetic spaceship launcher for antarctic mountain idea

  • pixelpuffin
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Most promising form of space propulsion?

  • merovingian12
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Alcubierre Drive antimatter requirements

  • Dummienoob
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Futuristic propulsion of spacecraft

  • GTOM
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SpaceX Orbital's Antares rocket launches Cygnus to ISS

  • D H
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What Is Apsidal Precession and Its Impact on Rocket Science?

  • Payam30
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What Are the duties of an Aerospace Engineer in Practical Life (Job)?

  • arsi_315
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Rigid, Hydrogen Based, Moored Balloon

  • GTeclips
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Aerospace Engineering Contest Site

  • AeroSigma
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Where to buy a 1m diameter airship envelope and frame

  • Jake110
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Questions about the ASME Student Design Competition 2014.

  • SugarBombs
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