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If someone built a vacuum tunnel through the atmosphere, could you have an orbit with a sea level perigee?

This is something I've been thinking about for a while now. My initial estimates for the structure were based on people's estimates for an O'Neil cylinder, but assuming you can...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by brysgo

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How much does launch costs have to come down to make chemical fuel deep space probes feasible?

Considering that NASA have been running short of plutonium for their RTGs, it makes sense to consider alternatives.For the inner solar system up to Jupiter, solar cells have been...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by lijat

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What does the [-] symbol mean in satellite names?

Some satellites in the databases have this "[-]" mark at the end. For example "IRIDIUM 39 [-]" and "GLOBALSTAR M038 [-]", which in databases like www.space-track.org or...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by Swike

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Specifications on ISS EVA suit cameras

The suits that astronauts use to preform EVA's on the ISS have some sort of "TV camera" with which they stream analog video back to the ISS and then back...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by Dragongeek

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Were any other Space Shuttles ever planned?

At one point in Carl Sagan's novel Contact (1985), set c. 1999, the main character hitches a ride into space on a space shuttle:The President clearly was in favor of...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by Michael Seifert

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Why aren't there HiRISE observation footprints near the Martian poles?

Browsing the HiRISE observations of Mars, I noticed that there aren't any observation footprints at a latitude lower than -65° or higher than 65°. Why is this?...

Asked on 09/29/2021

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Was solar newbie Solar Orbiter able to get "closer" to the Sun than Parker Solar Probe so quickly?

The NASA News headline ESA/NASA's Solar Orbiter Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the Sun caught my eye because Solar Orbiter (2020-010A) was...

Asked on 09/29/2021

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How does the Solar Orbiter take images so close to the sun without melting its camera?

The EUI on the NASA/ESA Solar Orbiter recently captured the closest ever images of the sun. How is that made possible without destroying the imager?...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by David Wilkins

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How long could an oxygen/nitrogen atmosphere last on the Moon?

So, if the Moon had an atmosphere composed of oxygen and nitrogen, how long might it last before it all boiled off into space due to the low gravity of...

Asked on 09/29/2021 by mzs.112000

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How 'space ready' was space shuttle prototype Enterprise?

I have long believed that Enterprise was just an empty craft, with only the instruments to operate in shorts flights in the atmosphere.Basically a large glider with odd wings....

Asked on 09/28/2021

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