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    Schools Starting college soon, planning on Aerospace Engineering

    You should look at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), I know a few folks that are going or have gone there and they say it's a pretty good place. Also the school is entirely focused on aerospace-related stuff (obviously). http://www.erau.edu/ Also, maybe it's different where you are...
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    Can we remove/add electrons and protons from/to atoms to create other materials?

    I do believe that's how atomic bombs work, in an overly simplified way. Neutrons are shot into whichever radioactive element used in the bomb. It doesn't become a stable element (hence why it goes boom), but does create two different elements and extra neutrons which continue the reaction more...
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    What is the best sky projection to use for my purposes?

    Most planetarium software that I know of only project the position of astronomical objects. The objects themselves are basically static images that are increased or decreased in size according to the zoom level. Also, since you mention that the primary purpose of your script is to generate...
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    Artificial gravity meeting zero gravity

    That actually makes a lot of sense, thanks for the clarification!
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    Artificial gravity meeting zero gravity

    A little puzzle that's been in my mind for a while and I figured I would ask, in case someone a little more knowledgeable could shed some light on it. Assuming one had a spaceship formed by two "hoops," one inside the other. If one of the hoops rotated at a velocity high enough to provide a...
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    Partial of F(x,y,z,w) w.r.t x : Solution

    I actually had tried implicit differentiation...I don't know why I thought it was wrong because of the w2. Anyways, I tried it again: Problem: F(x,y,z,w)=xyz+xzw-yzw+w^2-5=0...
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    Partial of F(x,y,z,w) w.r.t x : Solution

    I tried that, but that would seem to only get everything factored, or to find the values of w when F(x,y,z) is 0. I could be wrong though. I tried something else, I figured since y and z are constants I rearranged it as: (yz)x + (z)xw - (yz)w + w^2 - 5 = 0 Then I just took the partials of...
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    Partial of F(x,y,z,w) w.r.t x : Solution

    Homework Statement Find \frac{\partial{w}}{\partial{x}} for F(x,y,z,w)=xyz+xzw-yzw+w^2-5=0 The Attempt at a Solution I know how to get partials (such as Dz/Dx) of functions in the form z = f(x,y). I'm having trouble figuring out this one since it's asking for the partial of w, which is...
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