Questions tagged [space-flight]
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Did Yuri Gagarin end up in critical condition after coming back to Earth due to the missing magnetic field?
My friend's mother is about to undergo some treatment in magnetic field therapy for osteoarthritis and he is trying to verify if this is useful as claimed, or if this has any harmful effects. The website of their institution claims that:
In Yuri…
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Does SpaceX charge the US government more than European customers?
In an interview with the magazine "Der Spiegel" the CEO of the Ariane group Alain Charmeau makes the following statement:
Entschuldigung, aber das stimmt nicht. Man sollte sich fragen, warum SpaceX der US-Regierung pro Start 100 Millionen Dollar in…
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Is the Worldview or any other satellite series going to provide global daily coverage at 30 centimetre resolution?
A report broadcast on the TV BBC News Channel on 2018-11-01 at approximately 20:55 GMT (not available online) claims that soon, satellites will provide "daily 30 centimetre resolution global coverage". The report was made in an item on counting…
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Are Mars One sending people on one-way missions to mars, starting in 2024?
The organization, Mars One claims that:
Mars One will establish a permanent human settlement on Mars. Crews of four will depart every two years, starting in 2024.
A key part of the success of such a mission seems to rely on the following:
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