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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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Are robot arms ever used for attitude control in space?

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

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What aerothermal effects present significant challenges in supersonic retropropulsion?

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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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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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Differential Equations for Rocket Launch in Polar Coordinates

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Sep 8 '17 at 12:25 Paul 1,850

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How do we determine the internal composition of gas giants?

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

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Sep 27 '17 at 14:24 Paul 1,850

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

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

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Time of flight between two anomalies in a known orbital trajectory

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

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

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

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21 Questions

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?

Are robot arms ever used for attitude control in space?

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

What aerothermal effects present significant challenges in supersonic retropropulsion?

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?

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

Differential Equations for Rocket Launch in Polar Coordinates

How do we determine the internal composition of gas giants?

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

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

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

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

Time of flight between two anomalies in a known orbital trajectory

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

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

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

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