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Mark Foskey
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Why were the Voyager spacecraft numbered “out-of-order”?
Nov 12 '18 at 13:03
28
Why are probes that tend to explore outer system always launched to go outwards instead of straight upwards or downwards?
Jan 3 at 18:43
17
Could a satellite survive for thousands of years in a high enough orbit?
Sep 6 '18 at 16:03
14
Why did Neil Armstrong alone, not NASA, end up coming up with the first words uttered on the moon?
Nov 17 '18 at 5:45
11
Could a ball of water stay in orbit?
Nov 21 '18 at 3:29
10
Why don't I find the concept of cosmic velocities in western space-related materials?
Dec 28 '16 at 16:05
6
Walking in a rotating spacecraft and Newton's 3rd Law of Motion
Mar 4 at 1:38
6
Why didn't the Apollo 13 crew wear their spacesuits in the LM?
Dec 27 '18 at 17:13
6
Could Liquid Methane on Titan be used as a Heat Source?
Sep 18 '18 at 4:25
6
Are any of the planets in our solar system (other than Earth) inhabitable?
Feb 2 '18 at 21:28
6
If 'space' is defined as the absence of everything, then why can it carry heat?
Jan 18 '17 at 2:37
5
Why do countries or companies still bother sending landers/probes to the moon?
Apr 5 at 18:41
4
Would a balloon pop if dropped from space?
Jan 7 at 3:22
4
Is there a way to reproduce Earth-like gravity on a spacecraft close to a more massive body such as the sun?
Apr 7 '18 at 19:18
4
Can you turn in space without propulsion?
Mar 28 '18 at 16:06
4
Can we use drones in planetary exploration?
Oct 30 '17 at 15:59
3
Could an Apollo mission be possible if Moon would be Earth like?
Feb 28 at 17:52
3
Why use fingers in EVA suits?
Jan 6 '17 at 20:53
2
Do ISS astronauts occasionally let the sunshine in for a natural light “fix”?
Mar 7 '18 at 15:39
1
Could a spacecraft be made out of wood?
Feb 12 at 17:13
1
To use a gravitational lens as a telescope, does the hypothetical user have to do so from a given angle?
Apr 27 '18 at 16:17