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What Do I Do?

I.E. Why Should You Care What I Have To Say? First off, I really am a rocket scientist. I have a Bachelors and Masters degree in Aerospace Engineer from Virginia Tech, and I have both lab experimentation and computer simulation experience. I spent graduate school working a supersonic wind tunnel designing a new type ofContinue reading “What Do I Do?”

It’s Not as Stupid as You Think for Spaceships to Bank-to-Turn

We’re all nerds here, we’ve all smirked and snarked about bad movie physics… you know this song by heart. “There’s no sound in space.” “Gas tanks don’t explode when you shoot them.” “Why would a spaceship need to bank-to-turn?” Hang on, back up. Let’s talk about that last one for a second. Maybe there’s aContinue reading “It’s Not as Stupid as You Think for Spaceships to Bank-to-Turn”