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rockets

  1. Darat

    Deep Blue Nebula One's almost landing

    Watch Nebula One's almost perfect vertical landing... https://boingboing.net/2024/09/25/magnificent-cinematic-footage-of-chinese-rocket-exploding-into-fireball-just-1-6-feet-away-from-a-perfect-landing.html It's 2 minutes and I really recommend watching it as entertainment even if you aren't...
  2. Southwind17

    Green Rocket Science?

    The following headline in a local newspaper today: has me wondering: To what extent is efficiency taken into account in the design and operation of space rockets, by which I generally mean space shuttles?
  3. S

    how do space rockets work?

    Okay, obviously there's all that flame and smoke and stuff, but how does that result in upwards motion? And what stop them falling over on the way up? 'for every action there is an equal and opposite action' what's being squirted out the back? does the heat count? Incidentally, for people who...
  4. S

    Making America safe from fireworks and model rockets

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59510-2003May30.html And: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A62613-2003Mar31&notFound=true

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