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Questions relating to the use of technology to further space exploration.
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Would a POV camera on Philae lander be possible if the mission was launched today?
Technically yes, definitely. It might have even been as Rosetta and Philae were designed, but was not considered a priority or was thought wasteful to already limited resources. For example, from tech …
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Did the StarFury die on the drawing board?
According to J. Michael Straczynski himself, when asked about it in an interview for Republibot 3.0's blog in May 2009:
I haven't heard anything new about this in several years, so I have to
ass …
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What is feathering?
This latest (second powered) test flight of the SpaceShipTwo was really interesting to watch (YouTube video, the "feathering" aerobraking starts at 2:14 into it), but this currently unique to The Spac …
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Can you print 3D with iron in space?
I think that first thing we need to address is that cold-welding isn't really as easy and practical as means of permanently welding pieces together as it might seem immediately apparent from its name …
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Adapting to Increased Gravity on Alien Planets
It's one of the great unknowns we'll most probably have to deal with by relying on robotic exploration until limitations of our own bodies can be addressed by our technology. We're not there yet. …
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Were decommissioned Cold War missiles repurposed for peaceful spaceflight?
Start-1 (Russia, Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology) is a launch vehicle derived from first three stages of RT-2PM Topol ICBM. 6 launches since 1993. … Start (Russia, Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology) is a five stage variant of Start-1 and uses another RT-2PM Topol second stage. Its so far single launch in 1995 was a failure. …
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Is the technology behind the Shuttle's heat-shielding tiles used in any product today?
NASA developed high data-density, two-dimensional,
machine-readable symbol technology used to mark individual tiles. … The coding technology provides up to 100 times as much information as
linear bar coding symbology in the same or less space. …
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Why do ISS astronauts use lower quality microphones for official radio communication than fo...
That blue box is a wired receiver unit for the wireless microphone (they currently use a Sennheiser handheld with SKP-100 wireless transmitter, but they did or still do use also products from other co …
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How do they conduct electrolysis in zero gravity?
I guess the generic answer for any mass separation system would be that you spin it, but mass separation isn't really effective for electrolysis since that requires larger separation between anode and …
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What barriers are there to creating a reusable rocket sled lanchpad?
In a nutshell, dynamic pressure. There are also other serious limitations, but this one is the hardest to overcome. Say, at 10 km altitude, atmospheric pressure is still a bit over one quarter that of …
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