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When comparing the costs of developping, maintaining and operating reusable launch systems with those of single-use systems, are reusable systems worth the effort and if so to what extent?
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Descriptions of fusion ramscoops (Bussard ramjets) in literature often postulate a frontal funnel-like magnetic field to scoop up interstellar hydrogen. Would the interaction of this field with hydrogen generate friction, or a friction-like effect?
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By the ninth century, how much ideological diversity could one find from one catholic monastary to the next, and what was the main driver of that diversity (location, order, personal belief)?
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[WP] Winter is ending. Squirrels have been pillaging your birdfeeders all winter long. You find a shrine in your yard with a small likeness to yourself made of sunflower shells.
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Was the hypothesis of French Academician J.H, Fabre on the identity of Virgil's *Faselus* (namely that it is the square pea (*Lathyrus sativus*) ever validated?
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Post-war America saw the promotion of several peculiar dishes based on newly introduced industrial food stuffs (jellied salads, spam loaves, etc.) which seems profoundly unappealing from current standards. How popular were these dishes compared to the industrial staples themselves.
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Ernest Shackletons journal tells an overall quite upbeat tale of what befell the Endurance expedition. Have independant recountings from his crew corroborated or other sources modified his version of events?
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Do we know what causes auditory phenomena such as the "Windsor Hum"? If we do not, what are the main competing hypotheses?
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