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Anyone know why the Ares rocket is that shape?
posted by Idcoytco
on Oct 28, 2009 -
7 answers
Inspired by this question, I'd like to determine what playground I loved to be taken to in the late 1960s, early 1970s on Long Island, probably in Nassau County. The most salient feature was a climb-on rocket ship. Was it at Jones Beach?
posted by Morrigan
on Oct 4, 2009 -
4 answers
Help me find a video of a levitating rocket-propelled platform. [more inside]
posted by dendrite
on Sep 21, 2009 -
4 answers
A rocket launch? Near San Francisco? What the hell did I see tonight? [more inside]
posted by symphonik
on Mar 21, 2009 -
15 answers
So I'm watching the new Nasa documentary on Discovery and it prompted me to renew my search for rocket art. The issue is that if there is such a thing its not easy to find. I'm looking for prints of old rockets/spacecraft in the vein of this. Doesn't necessarily have to be photographic, but at least photo realistic. Anyone have any ideas of where to look?
Bonus points if anyone knows of small scale desktop models of the old school rockets (Atlas, Jupiter, Titan, Redstone).
posted by wavering
on Jun 8, 2008 -
3 answers
I would like to find a link for a short video clip of a video game that meets certain criteria. It will go into a presentation to elementary school teachers, as a quick backdrop to a point about interactive games that will be used in school, and that will be fun while challenging kids to think and learn. (It won't itself BE that game; it just has to plausibly look the part.) It needs to have some connection to an outer space theme. [more inside]
posted by daisyace
on Jun 2, 2008 -
9 answers
Why do liquid-fuel rockets vent gas while on the launch pad? [more inside]
posted by Tube
on Dec 30, 2007 -
7 answers
What are we bombing them with, exactly? A question for weapons geeks. [more inside]
posted by Meatbomb
on Nov 29, 2007 -
13 answers
Is it the impact that causes the missile/torpedo/what-have-you to explode? Or some sort of 'on-board' electronic targeting system that tells it to detonate?
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posted by ryecatcher
on Aug 15, 2007 -
13 answers
How would a country determine the success or failure of a missile test? [more inside]
posted by grabbingsand
on Jul 7, 2006 -
6 answers
Price-my-non-radioactive-rocket-Filter: I have a family heirloom whose value I would love to learn (not that I am planning on parting with it, but out of curiosity). It is a piece of the Vanguard1A, the first attempt by the US to reach space, which exploded rather famously in December, 1956.
[More, including my brush with radioactive death, inside] [more inside]
posted by blahblahblah
on Nov 4, 2005 -
10 answers
NASA has released details today of their new "exploration architecture" which they hope will take them to the moon and mars. (really awesome movie). Help me understand a design decision. [more inside]
posted by Popular Ethics
on Sep 19, 2005 -
20 answers