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I saw this article online that mentioned animal testing for immersion in water for applications in astronauts. What plans might require this?
What missions that any reputable space organization(agency or company) has planned might require this? Even if those kind of Gs aren't maintained for the duration of the transit time? Or is this all ...
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Is the danger of space radiation overstated?
I've heard from some people that the danger of space radiation is overrated and it can be mitigated by mass and/or magnetic shielding. Magnetic shields could be powered by any spacecraft that used any ...
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How much more does it cost to produce two identically designed probes/rovers/satellites compared to making only one?
There are a number of historical planetary missions that have produced 2 flying instances. Examples include Voyager, Viking, MERS, some of the Mariners missions. Other missions have only one ...
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Travel Speed in Space
I have read several questions and answers here concerning achieving speeds beyond the typical deep-space exploration missions. While speed increases near the Sun for example, that can't be applied to ...
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1answer
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Is there any space objects database? [closed]
I wonder if is there any databse about space objects, giving information about types and may be relative positions of objects in space. I'm asking this because my company aims to develop a software ...
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Is it possible to have a satellite that bounces data back from sattelites farther out in the solar system?
Say we put a satellite in orbit around Neptune or Uranus that simply stores and sends data back to earth? Like as a big range extender for missions like New Horizons that work so far out that ...
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