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Includes unmanned and manned spaceflights, the technology behind it, orbital maneuvers, missions proposed by the agencies, rockets, earth observation. – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 3 '10 at 13:47

What about the possibility of having an amateur rocketry site (estes and high powered rockets)? – Paul Nathan Sep 10 '10 at 20:27

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49 Example Questions (6 closed)

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added by Alexander van Dijk, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jan 31 '11 at 17:00

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added by Wikis Jul 19 '10 at 21:34

@Mark Robinson: I think this might be better phrased as "When could..." – bemace Oct 7 '10 at 4:36

@bemace, yes, maybe, because theoretically there is no problem with it. I'll leave it for now (unless more people support your comment) but thanks for the feedback. – Wikis Oct 7 '10 at 7:48

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added by Adam Davis Jun 3 '10 at 23:43

This is a good question and often becomes an argumentative and subjective debate online. I think the SE format will make important questions like this less problematic though. – Helvick Jun 27 '10 at 9:40

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added by Kevin Harder Jul 8 '10 at 3:33

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added by Helvick Jun 5 '10 at 21:59

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added by Wikis, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 19 '10 at 22:51

(Pioneer anomaly: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly) – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 19 '10 at 22:52

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added by Juan Manuel Jun 3 '10 at 20:48

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added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 4 '10 at 22:11

(Unstable in the sense that the density of space junk is so high that collisions between them will increase the number of objects [and thus the density] even if all rocket launches completely stopped. Orbit decay can not keep up with the increase in the number of objects.) – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 4 '10 at 22:12

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added by Helvick Jun 5 '10 at 22:01

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added by Kevin Harder Jul 8 '10 at 3:31

	On-topic, although I think this Wikipedia article is the answer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_telescopes – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jul 8 '10 at 7:21
	@WikiSpeedia : that list kinda sucks ... they don't include solar telescopes, and refer to another page, which only includes heliocentric and lagrangian satellites (doesn't include earth-orbiting solar telescopes, and doesn't mention which solar probes don't include telescopes) – Joe Aug 31 '11 at 19:22

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added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 3 '10 at 13:58

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added by Tadeusz A. Kadłubowski Jun 3 '10 at 13:52

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added by Kevin Harder Jul 8 '10 at 3:30

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added by Daveorama Dec 17 '10 at 3:09

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added by Jaime Soto Jan 10 '11 at 19:24

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added by WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 4 '10 at 22:09

(Latch-up: satellite electronics must be designed to detect and recover from this condition; essentially ICs become shortcircuits. See tinyurl.com/334wgeg) – WikiSpeedia hang-around Jun 4 '10 at 22:09

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added by Tim Jul 11 '11 at 23:52

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added by Maulrus Sep 14 '10 at 14:26

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added by Clutch Nov 26 '10 at 4:03

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added by Clutch Nov 26 '10 at 4:05

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added by tolomea, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around Apr 10 '11 at 6:07

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added by Pearsonartphoto Apr 23 '11 at 13:15

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added by Adam Davis Jun 3 '10 at 23:42

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added by Wikis Jul 19 '10 at 21:36

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added by bobtheowl2 Aug 6 '10 at 18:00

closed as off topic by bemace, Clutch, Tim N, Pearsonartphoto, rdrgrtz Jun 2 '11 at 12:32

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

	This is an excellent question for defining the borders. Amateur rockets can not go to space, but the issues are the same as for normal rockets in the first part of their flight (albeit on a different scale). What are some arguments for off-topic and for on-topic? – WikiSpeedia hang-around Aug 6 '10 at 22:52
	Amateur rockets seem quite on-topic, but once you start talking about rocket design, I think it would belong on Engineering – bemace Oct 7 '10 at 4:45
	It seems to me that some "serious" space enthusiasts might develop amateur rockets. I have read of some developers pushing the envelope of what these rockets can do. If the word "amateur" were removed, would this be an on topic question? Does it make that much of a difference if it is an amateur? – zemoxian Apr 26 '11 at 19:48

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added by Pearsonartphoto Apr 23 '11 at 13:19

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added by Chad Jun 7 '11 at 14:12

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added by Mark Mann Jul 4 '11 at 23:28

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added by Joe Jul 22 '11 at 20:38

was asked on astronomy.se – Joe Jul 22 '11 at 20:39

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added by Joe Jul 22 '11 at 20:42

asked on astronomy.se – Joe Jul 22 '11 at 20:42

IMO it's much less to do with astronomy than aerospace engineering. – strictlyrude27 Aug 31 '11 at 18:35

@strictlyrude27 : I'm just providing attribution ... I put it here because I agree, it's not really astronomy ... but does it qualify as 'space exploration' ? (and I put a few others from astronomy.se in here, too) – Joe Aug 31 '11 at 19:15

Based on the current description ("Proposed Q&A site for aerospace engineers and (serious) space enthusiasts), I think it at least qualifies to be here. – strictlyrude27 Sep 1 '11 at 6:54