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13:39Aerospike Engines - Why Aren't We Using them Now?
4.24M views
How aerospike rocket engines work and why they haven't been adopted.
13:15Buran-Energia : The Soviet Space Shuttle 2.0 on a Moon Rocket
3.02M views
Buran-Energia: the Soviet shuttle and its heavy-lift rocket.
16:37How did NASA get those great film shots of Apollo and the Shuttle?
2.57M views
How NASA filmed Apollo and Shuttle launches: the cameras and techniques.
16:58How do spacecraft navigate in space ?
3.35M views
How spacecraft navigate: star trackers, Deep Space Network ranging and orbital mechanics.
13:00Merlin - The Engine that Won the War
2.28M views
The engineering of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and its wartime development.
18:33The Device that Won WW2 - The Cavity Magnetron
2.21M views
How the cavity magnetron worked and why it transformed WW2 radar.
7:14Ultra High Speed Cameras – How do you film a tank shell in flight or a Nuclear bomb test?
8.43M views
How ultra-high-speed cameras work, such as rapatronic cameras for nuclear tests.
9:46What happened to the Ekranoplan? - The Caspian Sea Monster
2.76M views
What the Soviet ekranoplan was and how ground-effect vehicles work.
5:04Why Can't we Remake the Rocketdyne F1 Engine?
4.2M views
Why the Saturn V's F-1 engine can't simply be rebuilt today.
12:225 Amazing Robots 2016 - The Shape of Things to Come - Atlas, Spot, Cheetah, Pepper, ASIMO
A 12-minute video from Curious Droid: “5 Amazing Robots 2016 - The Shape of Things to Come - Atlas, Spot, Cheetah, Pepper, ASIMO”.
14:277 Inventions that changed the world
A 14-minute video from Curious Droid: “7 Inventions that changed the world”.
12:39A Brief History of Moon Hoaxes - Why do people still believe in them?
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “A Brief History of Moon Hoaxes - Why do people still believe in them?”.
12:34Aerotrains – The Forgotten Train Experiments
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “Aerotrains – The Forgotten Train Experiments”.
14:25Air Refuelling - The Hidden Force Multiplier
A 14-minute video from Curious Droid: “Air Refuelling - The Hidden Force Multiplier”.
15:11America's Failed High Speed Tilting Train - The UAC Turbotrain
A 15-minute video from Curious Droid: “America's Failed High Speed Tilting Train - The UAC Turbotrain”.
11:18America's First Guided Missile and How it Changed Warfare
A 11-minute video from Curious Droid: “America's First Guided Missile and How it Changed Warfare”.
12:57America's lost stealth helicopter - RAH 66 Comanche
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “America's lost stealth helicopter - RAH 66 Comanche”.
11:22Animal Astronauts - The Space Race's Unwitting Pioneers
A 11-minute video from Curious Droid: “Animal Astronauts - The Space Race's Unwitting Pioneers”.
12:28Apollo's Forgotten Computer - The LVDC
A 12-minute video from Curious Droid: “Apollo's Forgotten Computer - The LVDC”.
8:08Apollo, the Lunar Dust and NASA's Dirty Problem
A 8-minute video from Curious Droid: “Apollo, the Lunar Dust and NASA's Dirty Problem”.
13:01Apollos Most Critical Rocket Engine
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “Apollos Most Critical Rocket Engine”.
15:02Are Analogue Computer Hybrids The Future?
A 15-minute video from Curious Droid: “Are Analogue Computer Hybrids The Future?”.
13:15Are Molten Salt Reactors the Future of Nuclear Power?
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “Are Molten Salt Reactors the Future of Nuclear Power?”.
11:48Are Space Elevators Still a Thing for the Future?
A 12-minute video from Curious Droid: “Are Space Elevators Still a Thing for the Future?”.
14:15Are supercomputers still relevant today?
A 14-minute video from Curious Droid: “Are supercomputers still relevant today?”.
11:19Asteroid Impact - Could we save the Earth in time ?
A 11-minute video from Curious Droid: “Asteroid Impact - Could we save the Earth in time ?”.
18:44B-58 Hustler - Was it Really That Bad?
A 19-minute video from Curious Droid: “B-58 Hustler - Was it Really That Bad?”.
19:08Bell Labs - The Company that Invented the Future
A 19-minute video from Curious Droid: “Bell Labs - The Company that Invented the Future”.
11:40Black Arrow : The Lipstick Rocket - A Very British Space Program
A 12-minute video from Curious Droid: “Black Arrow : The Lipstick Rocket - A Very British Space Program”.
12:48C-5 Galaxy - The USAF's Heavyweight Champion of the Air
A 13-minute video from Curious Droid: “C-5 Galaxy - The USAF's Heavyweight Champion of the Air”.
15:00Could NASA 3D Print a New F-1 Rocket Engine?
A 15-minute video from Curious Droid: “Could NASA 3D Print a New F-1 Rocket Engine?”.
11:01Could We Launch Spacecraft with a Giant Space Gun?
A 11-minute video from Curious Droid: “Could We Launch Spacecraft with a Giant Space Gun?”.
8:20Could We Really Sleep in Space for Years?
A 8-minute video from Curious Droid: “Could We Really Sleep in Space for Years?”.
18:53Could We Really Stop A Big Asteroid Hitting The Earth?
A 19-minute video from Curious Droid: “Could We Really Stop A Big Asteroid Hitting The Earth?”.
14:40Could the Crew of Columbia Have Been Rescued?
A 15-minute video from Curious Droid: “Could the Crew of Columbia Have Been Rescued?”.
11:38ESA’s million-year time machine
A 12-minute video from Curious Droid: “ESA’s million-year time machine”.
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