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How are zlib, gzip and zip related? What do they have in common and how are they different?
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Utilizing multi core for tar+gzip/bzip compression/decompression
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Why destroy Juno at the end of the mission?
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Why are major web sites using gzip?
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87
Why A=2 and B=1 in the call signs for Spirit and Opportunity?
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tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
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What are the towers around the SpaceX launch pad used for?
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Why does my C# gzip produce a larger file than Fiddler or PHP?
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Have we attempted to experimentally confirm gravitational time dilation?
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How to detect type of compression used on the file? (if no file extension is specified)
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65
Implementing SSE 4.2's CRC32C in software
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Compute the Adler-32 checksum
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58
How to get CRC64 distributed calculation (use its linearity property)?
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Why haven't more spacecraft/satellites been hit by debris?
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zlib: Differences Between the `deflate` and `compress` Functions
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52
If the Apollo mandate were delivered today, would the mission vehicle(s) and profile be similar?
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51
Did the Mars rovers actually confirm the gravity of Mars?
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How did the tangential thrusters for the 2014 LDSD test spin-up then spin-down so nicely?
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Why do most space probes survive for far longer than they were designed for?
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43
Why should space probes have to orbit the Earth before being launched at other planets?
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42
How does a spacecraft know that it is in orbit?
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41
If I drop a feather from orbit, would it burn up or “hit” the ground?
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39
Why is an airbag landing on the moon not viable?
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38
Who took the Curiosity rover's self-portrait photo from the surface of Mars?
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38
How to extract only a specific folder from a zipped archive to a given directory?
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37
Has any spacecraft ever been flown manually to orbit?
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37
Flung debris in lunar landing
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Puzzler - which spacecraft(s) incorporated real wood structural elements?
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Why was the Rosetta probe programmed to “auto shutoff” at the moment of hitting the surface?
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How to check, if there is currently an increased solar activity?
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