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Anthony X
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141 votes
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Couldn't I escape Earth's gravity traveling only 1 mph (0.45 m/s)?

98 votes

Is it possible for a moon to have a higher surface gravity than the planet it is attached to?

47 votes
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Why aren't air breathing engines used as small first stages?

42 votes
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What are the droplets/particles falling off rockets at launch?

39 votes
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ISS Structural Integrity

28 votes

Why did the rendezvous attempt fail on Gemini 4?

28 votes

Is it possible to create a relativistic space probe going at least 0.1c with present day technology?

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Could the Space Shuttle have landed on any long runway other than those specially reinforced at Kennedy (TTS), and Edwards (EDW)?

26 votes

What are the reasons Soyuz's lifespan in orbit is limited?

25 votes

Is is possible to generate centrifugal gravity by doing donuts?

24 votes

Why did NASA close the space shuttle program?

21 votes
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Using command module as a lander

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In the Saturn V launch sequence, what defined COMMIT, and what happened between COMMIT and LIFTOFF?

18 votes
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Did some of the Shuttle fuel tanks actually orbit?

17 votes
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Why does lunar gravity decrease?

16 votes
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Briefly, what are the factors to consider when choosing a launch site?

16 votes
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What is stopping us from starting to terraform Mars right now?

15 votes

Traveling in a circle while in orbit

15 votes

How do we know the Apollo Moon landings are real?

14 votes
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Is it possible to bring "nothing" back from space?

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Did von Braun have "a thing" for fins? Why did Saturn I block 2 get fins because it's a "von Braun" rocket?

12 votes

Do spacecraft have similar structural integrity requirements as submarines?

12 votes

How tall do you have to be to be an astronaut?

11 votes

Why can't plants grow on Mars?

9 votes

Why don't unmanned launch vehicles include launch escape system for payload?

8 votes

Why do ISS astronauts use lower quality microphones for official radio communication than for PR events?

8 votes
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Are side boosters sometimes angled even if they are symmetrically arranged?

8 votes

Wouldn't it be better to leave Earth less dramatically?

8 votes

If a spaceship ran out of fuel somewhere in space between Earth and Mars, does it slowly drift off to the Sun?

8 votes

Cheapest rocket to go to space?