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140	How did the Apollo computers evaluate transcendental functions like sine, arctangent, log?
102	What makes Ada the language of choice for the ISS's safety-critical systems?
78	Could “peak Apollo levels” of support have gotten NASA astronauts to Mars in the 1980's?
77	How much bigger could Earth be, before rockets wouldn't work?
77	What can the KSP game actually teach about spaceflight and orbital mechanics, and what are its limitations?

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+10	How can I plot a satellite's orbit in 3D from a TLE using Python and Skyfield?
+10	How to calculate the lowest possible altitude a satellite can orbit at due to aerodynamic heating if provided with a sufficient propulsion system?
+35	How could one determine the acceleration of a satellite given its ephemeris data, taking into account the earth's oblateness?
+10	Will the new “TLE format” be orbitally-mechanically better than traditional TLEs?

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83	Are there any satellites in geosynchronous but not geostationary orbits?
67	Why vent $CO_2$ and $H_2$ waste products to space on ISS?
66	Is pinging the Moon with a laser as shown on “The Big Bang Theory” possible?
58	Why didn't the Space Shuttle bounce back into space as many times as possible so as to lose a lot of kinetic energy up there?
57	The dreaded apocalyptic asteroid approaches Earth but lands safely on the Moon at zero relative velocity

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303 spacex × 194	150 geostationary × 40

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75	What happens to the Falcon 9 second stage after payload separation?

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+100	Increase in period and semi-major axis following near head-on collision between Cerise and Ariane debris (1996)

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