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Are rockets able to ignite in space?
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Can a propeller work without the use of turbine power?
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How does thrust help a plane fly?
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How does a rocket relate to Newton's three laws of motion?
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How do the propellers give thrust?
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Will propellers placed in an array, one behind the other, running on same shaft produce more thrust in comparison to several separate propellers?
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Would it be possible to fly a fighter jet as is in space?
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What is the speed of sound in warm air and cold air?
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What's quicker, flying from California to the UK by standard plane or going up into space first, then flying over to the UK and coming back down?
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Propulsion
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How many people died going to the Moon?
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Propulsion
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