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Looking back to the interstellar applications of the Orion nuclear propulsion system. Am I understanding correctly that this craft would have decelerated by flipping 180° and sequentially ploughing through self-generated fireballs as it detonated it's payload ahead of itself???

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What are the estimated thicknesses for northern sea-ice at the height of the Pleistocene glaciation, and how are those thicknesses estimated?

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What speed and mass would an impactor have to be to break through the thinnest ice crust of an icy moon?

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Question about mussel seeding.

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Why are there no (or at most very few) marine insects?

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How does chlorine fit into our understanding of the past wet (-ish?) surface of Mars?

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A few questions about periodic cicadas?

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What are the neurochemical underpinnings of midlife crises?

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Why does the height of so many intraplate volcanic centers reach so close to sea-level?

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Why are we so much more likely to stumble in a stalled escalator than in regular stairs?

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Looking back to the interstellar applications of the Orion nuclear propulsion system. Am I understanding correctly that this craft would have decelerated by flipping 180° and sequentially ploughing through self-generated fireballs as it detonated it's payload ahead of itself???	7
What are the estimated thicknesses for northern sea-ice at the height of the Pleistocene glaciation, and how are those thicknesses estimated?	6
What speed and mass would an impactor have to be to break through the thinnest ice crust of an icy moon?	6
Question about mussel seeding.	6
Why are there no (or at most very few) marine insects?	6
How does chlorine fit into our understanding of the past wet (-ish?) surface of Mars?	6
A few questions about periodic cicadas?	5
What are the neurochemical underpinnings of midlife crises?	5
Why does the height of so many intraplate volcanic centers reach so close to sea-level?	5
Why are we so much more likely to stumble in a stalled escalator than in regular stairs?	4