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117 Questions

Who coined the phrase 'Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly'?

What are the main steps in the lead-up to a rocket launch?

Why is the Russian approach to the aerodynamics of their rockets different?

Can ion thrusters be scaled up?

Are oxidizer to fuel mixture ratios based on mass or volume?

How many photographs are there of the whole Earth?

How does an astronaut pack for the ISS?

Why is NASA planning to deorbit the ISS instead of reusing its newer modules, like the Russians will?

What happens to the Soyuz boosters that land in the Kazakhstan desert?

How do we know the Apollo Moon landings are real?

Could liquid airlocks work?

How much payload can Falcon Heavy Reusable lift?

How much fuel can SpaceX save by landing the Falcon 9 booster on a barge?

Suppose Zuma wasn't “lost” — what would it take to detect it?

What would a lunar eclipse look like from the surface of the moon?

How fast could a person run on the Moon?

How feasible is it to use aluminum and liquid oxygen as future propellant sourced from the moon?

On a Super-Earth 1.5x the volume and mass of Earth, would our rocket technology allow us to reach orbit? [duplicate]

What about gathering water ice from Saturn's rings?

If a rocket launched due East from a high latitude, what happens to its path?

What NASA documents did SpaceX use to design their engines?

How hard is it on the crew to go through the 14+ g's of a launchpad abort of the Soyuz, or the Falcon system?

Why does SpaceX have a launch window for a pad abort test?

How weak can a propellant be and still get a rocket to space, theoretically?

Is there a map or list of all the lava tube skylights the LRO has detected on the Moon?

How much mass could the Saturn V rockets have landed on the Moon if nothing was coming back?

How does the Saturn V Dynamic Test Stand work?

What fraction of a liquid rocket launching from Mars to return to Earth would be fuel?

How good does the weather have to be for a rocket launch?

What does it mean for a launcher to be 'nuclear-certified'?