Erin Anne

Aerospace engineer at JSC, writer of Hack n Slash

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What are these green text/line displays shown during the livestream of Crew Dragon's approach to dock with the ISS?

spacex iss docking asked Mar 4, 2019 at 0:41

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Would it be possible for one airliner to tow another?

airliner towing asked Mar 21, 2022 at 3:45

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How far have autophage rockets been developed?

rockets propulsion solid-fuel asked Jun 1, 2018 at 23:23

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Is the FAA the only authority with specific medical requirements for transgender pilots?

airman-certification medical asked Dec 2, 2014 at 0:22

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What is the most heated exoatmospheric conflict to-date?

crewed-spaceflight history astronaut-lifestyle psychology asked Feb 25, 2018 at 21:41

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Where can I find more about a cargo pickup technique that doesn't require landing the plane?

general-aviation bush-flying asked Apr 1, 2015 at 4:09

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How common have the various orbital launchers' rocket engines been?

engines asked Apr 27 at 20:49

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What does the ISS ground track look like during periods of high solar beta?

ground-track asked May 21, 2018 at 3:13

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What variant of Mi-8/Mi-17 is this near Kennedy Space Center?

aircraft-identification asked May 22, 2020 at 0:09

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Garage Door Opener Carriage "Camming Out"

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What are these green text/line displays shown during the livestream of Crew Dragon's approach to dock with the ISS?

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Did any astronauts on a mission complain about waking up?

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Do you need 0 km/s velocity to crash into the sun?

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Why was Space X's Starship blown up?

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How much technical information is given to astronauts on a spaceflight? How much of it is left to the control center?

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How small could an orbital rocket be?

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How close was the ISS to running out of supplies after the failure of CRS-7?

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“Parabolic”, suborbital and ballistic trajectories all follow elliptic paths. Is there a generic term for these trajectories?

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Purpose of Starliner ‘chicken wire’?

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Why doesn’t SpaceX sell Raptor engines commercially?

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Are there multiple types of UTC time?

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Term for deformation due to gravity

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Why do we not fly to space with helicopters? What are the practical altitude limits?

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Cartoon series from the 90's with a Star Wars feel and a toy that allowed you to 'take part' in the fight on screen

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What are the criteria to put the oxygen tank above or below the fuel tank for a given stage of a rocket?

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What is the rotating gold object on the outside of ISS?

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What is a Mars 5-sol orbit?

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Could Falcon 9 push the second stage a little longer after MECO and before separation?

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By my calculation the cumulative mass of Mercury, plus Venus, plus Earth's moon, plus Mars, plus Mars' moons, total 99% of Earth's mass. Am I correct?

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For the 4/20 Launch of Starship does anyone know what was inside starship?

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Why do we not fly to space with helicopters? What are the practical altitude limits?

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For aircraft with variable-sweep wings, how unstable is it to have each wing in a different position?

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Weaponizing the Starlink constellation

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Why would someone need vertical loading for a SpaceX rocket?

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How do fast-flying aircraft avoid overheating?

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What limits the speed at which rocket fuel is expelled?

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Would it be possible for one airliner to tow another?

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Why are cone shaped heat shields used for Mars entry?

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Do rockets, launch vehicles or spacecraft contain a black-box?

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is a re-usable cygnus possible?

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