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Would it have been any more difficult to build the space station without the space shuttle?

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How best to maneuver inside a large room within a space station using only arm and leg motion?

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What kind of mission objective would make a parabolic escape trajectory desirable?

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What factors determine how long a window of opportunity opens for an interplanetary hohmann transfer?

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Up to what Mach/Reynolds numbers will Ingenuity be tested?

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Are robot arms ever used for attitude control in space?

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In what circumstance would it be useful for a satellite’s angular velocity to differ from its reference frame’s angular velocity?

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What aerothermal effects present significant challenges in supersonic retropropulsion?

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How are rockets gimballed to produce a gravity turn for the space shuttle?

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Is there a comprehensive list of NASA contractors with a list of projects that they are assigned to do?

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How can I design a finite thrust maneuver to approximate an impulse thrust maneuver?

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Differential Equations for Rocket Launch in Polar Coordinates

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How to model the martian atmospheric density variations with respect to altitude?

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How can I control the departure and arrival aiming radii in an ideal interplanetary trajectory?

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How can I find the time of flight between spheres of influence?

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How do we determine the internal composition of gas giants?

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Understanding the multi-stage mass tables in Wiesel's Spaceflight Dynamics

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From which direction should a spacecraft intercept a target planet's sphere of influence for an inner-to-outer planet trajectory?

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Time of flight between two anomalies in a known orbital trajectory

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What are the most commonly consumed solid foods on the space station and why?

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What is the characteristic time to reach a hyperbolic excess velocity within a sphere of influence?

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Would it have been any more difficult to build the space station without the space shuttle?

How best to maneuver inside a large room within a space station using only arm and leg motion?

What kind of mission objective would make a parabolic escape trajectory desirable?

What factors determine how long a window of opportunity opens for an interplanetary hohmann transfer?

Up to what Mach/Reynolds numbers will Ingenuity be tested?

Are robot arms ever used for attitude control in space?

In what circumstance would it be useful for a satellite’s angular velocity to differ from its reference frame’s angular velocity?

What aerothermal effects present significant challenges in supersonic retropropulsion?

How are rockets gimballed to produce a gravity turn for the space shuttle?

Is there a comprehensive list of NASA contractors with a list of projects that they are assigned to do?

How can I design a finite thrust maneuver to approximate an impulse thrust maneuver?

Differential Equations for Rocket Launch in Polar Coordinates

How to model the martian atmospheric density variations with respect to altitude?

How can I control the departure and arrival aiming radii in an ideal interplanetary trajectory?

How can I find the time of flight between spheres of influence?

How do we determine the internal composition of gas giants?

Understanding the multi-stage mass tables in Wiesel's Spaceflight Dynamics

From which direction should a spacecraft intercept a target planet's sphere of influence for an inner-to-outer planet trajectory?

Time of flight between two anomalies in a known orbital trajectory

What are the most commonly consumed solid foods on the space station and why?

What is the characteristic time to reach a hyperbolic excess velocity within a sphere of influence?

How can I obtain the necessary thrusts / mass flow rates to achieve a given burnout velocity for an optimally staged rocket?