Science & Spaceflight

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1. Stoke Space 1 2 3 4 14

   By tater, August 25, 2022
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   • StrandedonEarth
   • May 3

2. Plasma Turbojet Or Plasma Turbofan Engine... Which Is More Optimal For This Scifi SSTO?

   By Spacescifi, May 1
   • 4 replies
   • 131 views
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   • Spacescifi
   • May 2

3. totm may 2024 "Great American Eclipse" II: April 8 2024 1 2 3 4 12

   By cubinator, March 7
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   • sevenperforce
   • May 2

4. Can we find the Mars 6 Lander?

   By Minmus Taster, April 30
   • 7 replies
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   • Minmus Taster
   • April 30

5. Would Superman Make A Plasma Exhaust Trail If He Went Too Fast Through The Atmosphere?

   By Spacescifi, April 27
   • 10 replies
   • 357 views
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   • Spacescifi
   • April 29

6. Bad science in fiction Hall of Shame 1 2 3 4 106

   By peadar1987, January 30, 2018
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   • Codraroll
   • April 29

7. Would Standing Pilot Arranged Jet Fighter Aircraft Ever Be a Thing?

   By Spacescifi, April 6
   • 12 replies
   • 533 views
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   • Vanamonde
   • April 29

8. A City On Mars 1 2 3 4 12

   By mikegarrison, November 9, 2023
   • 290 replies
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   • Vanamonde
   • April 27

9. Lunar Environmental Challenges

   By darthgently, April 24   

   • artemis
   • lunar
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     • lunar
     • dust
     • carbon nanotubes
   • 8 replies
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   • kerbiloid
   • April 27

10. LOST... Old concepts to project never going off paper 1 2 3 4 13

    By Guest, September 10, 2020
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    • magnemoe
    • April 26

11. Flying A Turbofan For Various Worlds...

    By Spacescifi, April 21
    • 22 replies
    • 601 views
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    • magnemoe
    • April 26

12. How do ducted fans work?(how do you calculate thrust?)

    By Arugela, April 25
    • 3 replies
    • 166 views
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    • Nuke
    • April 25

13. Apophis Encounter 2029

    By darthgently, April 24   

    • SpaceX
    • asteroid
    • 0 replies
    • 108 views
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    • darthgently
    • April 24

14. NASA's Dragonfly mission to Titan 1 2

    By James Kerman, June 28, 2019   

    • nasa
    • dragonfly
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    • 28 replies
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    • darthgently
    • April 24

15. totm apr 2024 Voyager 1 in critical condition 1 2 3

    By Minmus Taster, February 8
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    • darthgently
    • April 23

16. A route to aircraft-like reusability for rocket engines.

    By Exoscientist, April 18
    • 10 replies
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    • Exoscientist
    • April 23

17. Towards the era of privately funded science space missions. 1 2

    By Exoscientist, November 2, 2023
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    • Exoscientist
    • April 23

18. Is SLS outdated or just right 1 2

    By Andrew1233, February 1
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    • kerbiloid
    • April 21

19. Concept for a Jupiter-Saturn-Haumea flyby probe 1 2

    By Interplanet Janet, January 10, 2019   

    • jupiter
    • saturn
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      • saturn
      • haumea
      • flyby
      • interstellar
    • 28 replies
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    • Iapetus7342
    • April 20

20. KSP2 Does not follow the coriolis effect.

    By ryleymcc, March 20
    • 8 replies
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    • mikegarrison
    • April 20

21. Juno Arrival This Year! 1 2 3 4 7

    By KAL 9000, March 8, 2016
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    • darthgently
    • April 19

22. Any Good Reason Not To Use Aerospike Rocketry If You Can Cancel Gravity and Also Possess Non-rocket Vacuum Only Scifi Propulsion?

    By Spacescifi, April 15
    • 9 replies
    • 278 views
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    • Nuke
    • April 19

23. Mars Manned Mission Designs

    By darthgently, April 18   

    • spacex
    • nasa
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      • mav
      • crane
    • 7 replies
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    • magnemoe
    • April 18

24. Yuri’s night

    By Teilnehmer, April 12, 2017   

    • history
    • 18 replies
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    • SunlitZelkova
    • April 14

25. FireStar Fusion Drive

    By K^2, April 13
    • 1 reply
    • 311 views
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    • Nuke
    • April 13