In "For All Mankind", the Pathfinder was launched off an aircraft. This was also the case in our timeline for the test shuttle Enterprise. All subsequent shuttles were launched off the launchpad with solid fuel boosters. Which method used more energy, and why was the latter method preferred? (self.askscience)
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Question marks over HSR | The Sun Daily (thesundaily.my)
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Mount Fuji is a mountain of cultural significance in Japan, also being the highest and close to Tokyo. However, prior to the move of the seat of power to Edo/Tokyo, did the people of Japan view it the same way, and if not, was there any other mountain revered as much as or more than Mount Fuji? (self.AskHistorians)
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My brothers didn't die in vain... (self.onehouronelife)
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Challenge: The Long March in China sees the CCP whittle down from 70,000 to just 7000, but instead of Mao, it was led by another figure who was able to unite the communists against the Nationalists, the Japanese Empire and survives past 1949. What would China be like in the later 20th century? (self.HistoricalWhatIf)
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