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Why is SpaceX considering Methane as fuel for their next engine, the Raptor?

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Will the ISS need more docking ports?

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What started the explosion on the crashed Jason-3 stage landing on the barge?

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Why the soot pattern on the nosecone of Falcon Heavy side booster?

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Did Neil Armstrong really say "Good Luck Mr. Gorsky" on the Moon?

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

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When SpaceX claims to build 4 engines/week, which engines do they mean?

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How are the SpaceX Falcon 9 Mod 3 and Mod 4 grid fins different?

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

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Does the ISS team plan cargo flights when at half crew on purpose?

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How does SpaceX ignite their engines?

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Why not use Sparklers on Delta-4 Heavy launches to burn off the hydrogen?

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

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What materials are the windows on the US Segment of the ISS made out of?

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Has any payload been as silly, as the Falcon Heavy's Tesla Roadster?

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On the Falcon Heavy, why are the side boosters using Ti Grid fins, but not the center core?

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What is different from the R-7 that launched Sputnik, to the Soyuz launcher used for Soyuz/Progress launches?

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Why is the descent module of the Soyuz in the middle of its stack?

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Can Dragon, or Dragon V2 be used to boost the ISS orbit?

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What lessons in Space Station design have come out of the ISS?

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Can a solid first stage compete with a liquid fueled first stage?

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Can a Boeing CST-100 be used to provide station reboost?

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How many docking/berthing operations can a CBM port tolerate?

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What is involved in clearing air space for an orbital launch?

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Highest stage counts in actual launchers?

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What is the alternate hangar SpaceX has available at the Cape?

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Other than then N-1 (30 engines) has there been a single stage of a rocket with more engines than a Falcon 9?

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Could a Delta 4 Heavier be built?

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What is the new horizontal test stand at SpaceX's McGregor, TX facility meant to test?

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When is the Dragon V2 abort system armed?

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