http://astroaviator.com From Aviation to Space Exploration, it's all in it... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:17:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/27/fuel-slosh-an-unsolved-dilemma/ http://astroaviator.com/2009/09/27/fuel-slosh-an-unsolved-dilemma/#comments Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:52:24 +0000 Harris http://astroaviator.com/?p=1098 Fuel slosh, the whirling of liquid fuel inside the fuel tanks of rockets and other spacecrafts, is a menace that has baffled scientists and ruined space missions for 50 years. Now, Gangadharan thinks he has a solution.   Rocket science and aerospace engineering have radically improved in the past few decades, and modern space mechanics [...] Related posts:

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