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How can the reusable Falcon 9 succeed when the reusable Space Shuttle failed?

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How do the sizes of the various proposed manned capsules differ?

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Why are there no spacecraft rotating for artificial gravity?

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Why were jet engines not used in place of the solid fuel in the STS SRBs?

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What happens to defunct lunar and Mars rovers? What technological barriers prevent humanity from creating a perpetual rover?

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Apollo command module space walk?

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What makes 21st century fairings so valuable that they'd potentially be recovered and re-used?

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Can a rocket be launched while it rains?

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Why is Falcon 9's shape so tall and skinny?

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For the Starship SN8 flight, did they lose engines in flight?

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Why are three cosmonauts required to move a Soyuz?

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Isn't Starship way too big?

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More efficient SpaceX landings?

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

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Is the SLS irrelevant if the Falcon Heavy launch is successful this year?

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Has there been any collision between two active spacecrafts?

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Why is there a need for getting rid of ISS trash using the empty ATV and similar vehicles

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Why is the Falcon Heavy first launch being given such a risk of failure?

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What is the purpose of the jets of water often under rocket engines during launch?

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How far would the STS get without the SRBs

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Why create a production line for the SpaceX Starship?

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How will SpaceX achieve landing of the Falcon 9 first stage?

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Why is the Angara rocket called eco-friendly?

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What caused the N1 to become a failure?

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Will SpaceX delay launches, if the landing site weather is unacceptable?

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Why does Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo need a carrier airplane?

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Why will Superheavy/Starship have a landing pad so close to the launch pad?

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Falcon 9 launch process - perception of launch speed

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Will SpaceX attach its fairings to a booster to recover them?

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

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