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How do I learn more about rocketry?
According to Eric Berger's inspiring Liftoff, SpaceX had a pattern of hiring cheap but sharp engineering rookies who stand out from the crowd.
It is advantageous to not have a family, be somewhere on ...
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How do I learn more about rocketry?
Supplementary answer:
Review the following in Space Exploration Meta:
Community Policy Repository (scroll down to "Resources")
Educational resources to accompany Space Exploration
Resources ...
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How do I learn more about rocketry?
You've asked several excellent questions, each of which could be explored in detail. To provide a clearer overview, I'll divide them into two parts: A) Where can I learn more about rocketry and B) How ...
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How do I learn more about rocketry?
Getting into NASA or a similar space agency is like launching a payload into orbit — requires precision, timing, and lots of preparation. Gain experience in the aerospace industry, ideally working on ...
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If Starliner returns safely on autopilot, can this still prove that it's safe? Could it be launched back up to the ISS again to complete its mission?
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Starliner, even if it is recovered safely, will not be flying again anytime soon. Fact is, the issue is very complex, and while there are claims that the "root cause" has been ...
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If Starliner returns safely on autopilot, can this still prove that it's safe? Could it be launched back up to the ISS again to complete its mission?
The thrusters are part of the discarded service module so a new launch would have new thrusters with potentially more problems than the current set.
Until Boeing can convince NASA that they fully ...
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If Starliner returns safely on autopilot, can this still prove that it's safe? Could it be launched back up to the ISS again to complete its mission?
A successful landing, even if all of the thrusters worked perfectly (except for the one that they deactivated), would only be one step towards planning a return to flight mission with crew. Boeing ...
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If Starliner returns safely on autopilot, can this still prove that it's safe? Could it be launched back up to the ISS again to complete its mission?
Answer: No
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_Starliner
The Starliner capsule ... is reusable up to 10 times with a six-month turnaround time.
I don't think its going anywhere, anytime soon......
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What ever happened to (that NASA link about) SpinSat?
There is an existing page in a similar place, https://www.nasa.gov/mission/station/research-explorer/investigation/?#id=991
which I found by being redirected to https://www.nasa.gov/mission/station/...
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Why doesn’t NASA build its rockets using graphene?
Graphene lacks density, compared to graphite and the cost would be more expensive than using Pure Silver if using pure Graphene. Now if you were to melt Titanium, Stainless Steel, and Graphene powder, ...
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What if something goes wrong during the seven minutes of terror?
No, there is nothing they can do if anything malfunctions during the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase. The spacecraft is entirely on its own. After landing, they have the opportunity to ...
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What if something goes wrong during the seven minutes of terror?
No. By the time that NASA receives the signals from the spacecraft indicating that EDL has started (i.e. some indication of entry interface), whatever has happened has already happened. That's the ...
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What caused 2 astronauts to be stranded in space
Ars Technica's space writers Eric Berger and Stephen Clark have done a significant amount of reporting on the Starliner mission and its delayed return. Clark's recent article NASA is about to make ...
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