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162 votes
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How did the Apollo computers evaluate transcendental functions like sine, arctangent, log?

117 votes
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What makes Ada the language of choice for the ISS's safety-critical systems?

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How much bigger could Earth be, before rockets wouldn't work?

85 votes
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What can the KSP game actually teach about spaceflight and orbital mechanics, and what are its limitations?

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Could "peak Apollo levels" of support have gotten NASA astronauts to Mars in the 1980's?

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Why did it take so long to notice that the ozone layer had holes in it? Which satellite provided the data?

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Which Apollo "mystery" was said to be finally solved by a better rendering engine?

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How is stacking oranges in 24 dimensions related to receiving and decoding signals from the Voyagers?

61 votes
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When was Newton "not good enough" for spaceflight; first use and first absolute requirement for relativistic corrections?

56 votes
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This image of the Space Shuttle is truly beautiful, but is it real?

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Is 75 meters an exceptionally close distance for two satellites to pass at >6,000 m/s?

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"Pillars of Baikonur" What is the purpose of the hundreds of short, white posts near the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch pad?

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How often is duct tape used during crewed space missions?

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What caused this bright light from the ground at night seen from the ISS?

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What would be the (most difficult) challenge to make a 10,000 year satellite?

45 votes
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Have spacecraft photographed each other beyond Earth orbit?

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What is GPS' 19 year rollover and does it present a cybersecurity issue?

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How (the heck) did Lunokhod 2 drive, navigate and survive a ~40 kilometer drive over four months on the Moon using 1970's technology?

43 votes
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What's the baseball bat for? (seen in CRS-8 berthing NASA TV broadcast)

42 votes
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What was NASA's "Hack" to improve Opportunity's memory in 2015? Did it help?

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Why does this researcher have a "clear plastic bag" over their head?

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How did the X-15 control attitude above the Kármán line?

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What kind of orbit makes this wave shaped ground track?

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Did Sputnik 1 tell us more than "beep"? What science was improved by information gained from its orbiting the Earth?

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Why does the Minotaur I wear a yellow jacket that "banana-peels" off as it launches?

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Why were the SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts backed up by guards with automatic weapons?

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Why does this rocket have a nose cone "cozy"?

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SpaceX and propulsive landing on Mars -- what just happened? (and why?)

35 votes
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Why is there a large wooden ball on Mariner 3's magnetometer?

35 votes
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How do ISS astronauts "get their stripes"?

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