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Duplicate Mars colonization questions
Two questions which seem to be essentially the same question of colonizing Mars versus a space station:
Feasibility: self-sustaining colony on Mars vs. Space Station (June 2014, 3 answers)
Why Mars ...
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Looking for that cool astronomical and spaceflight simulation website that's been discussed here
There were several questions here about n-body simulations and spacecraft trajectories that were asked in relation to the development of a cool astronomical and spaceflight simulation website.
The ...
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Need help looking for a question about the veracity of an anecdote (astronaut floating in middle spacecraft) and the video I think I've linked there
I've spent about 10 minutes searching every way I know how for a question about a story/anecdote that an astronaut wrote about. It asked about a recounted story of the astronaut exiting a capsule and ...
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While the first nine Alcubierre drive questions were on-topic, why is what an astronaut would see gazing out the back window be off-topic?
If you travelled at exactly the speed of light, what would the stars look like behind you? was closed as off topic, reasons include
I think that it's clearly not relevant to space exploration (if ...
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Is this particular close vote's reason absurd and the timing damaging to the site? Does this make us look silly?
I propose that the idea behind this particular close vote is absurd and the timing is damaging to the site.
The upcoming uncontrolled Long March 5B booster reentry is imminent (days) and is widely ...
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Is there enough overlap between these four "space ship shape" questions to close at least one as duplicate?
Is there enough overlap between these four "space ship shape" questions to close at least one as duplicate?
Are there enough stray gasses in space to justify streamlining a probe?
Is the ...
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What's going on with all the downvoting on my answers here?
Have light gases like hydrogen or helium been explored for ion propulsion? asks what it asks. In the body of the question it's restated as:
Has the "ion sorcery" for light gases like ...
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At what point does a question about what happens inside a rocket engine become absolutely off-topic? (rocket fuel reaction products chemistry)
Under the well-answered, currently closed and on its way to be reopened (please vote!) question What is the products of a catalyzed reaction between Hydrogen Peroxide and Ethanolamine with Copper(II) ...
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Are these two similar questions ripe for merging?
Answers to my recent question How hard does atmospheric drag push on the ISS? Is it more than one pound? and the 2015 question What is the ISS drag? both provide numbers for the drag force that the ...
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What if my question about orbital mechanics is not a problem that I'm facing, but I'm simply interested in finding out the answer?
The help center's What types of questions should I avoid asking? says near the top that:
You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.
Does apsidal ...
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Am I really "wasting people's time" by posting a KSP-related question, then answering it when there were 4 close votes?
Are Jool's moons' orbits stable? has had some focused attention; that the bodies are fictitious rather than hypothetical is the reason that the question needed to be closed if I understand ...
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Isn't this question on-topic and shouldn't it be reopened? No need to block answers nor migrate, is there?
The question Can a moon orbit its planet faster than its planet rotates? is well received and has had plenty of positivity and several answers.
After reviewing Community Policy Repository and ...
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Was annotating and deleting a answer at the same time intended?
This answer was annotated as needing sources and deleted by a single vote at the same time.
I agree adding sources would improve it, but it seems a bit heavy handed.
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Plain language and clear and helpful explanation of what if anything is wrong with this April 2019 question
Most challenging aspects of a reusable satellite scheme like this? was posted in April 2019. There is now a collection of evolving complaints below it in comments that to me feel as though they are ...
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ICBM and space-related weapons questions have been on-topic, why change now?
The following few examples demonstrate that the topics of ICBMs and space-related weapons can be well-received on this site:
How to decide if the rocket most recently tested by North Korean is ...
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Should I rewrite my question to fit the upvoted answer that didn't address my question and then post the original as a new question?
My question Have light gases like hydrogen or helium been explored for ion propulsion? reiterates the question in the body of the text:
Has the "ion sorcery" for light gases like hydrogen and ...
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Repeated false-flag comments and votes, how to respond/reply?
I'm faced with a user who picks a small element of my question, posts an "answer" as a comment and (likely) down votes, and sometimes will vote to close as duplicate of something which does not answer ...
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Eleven community wiki answers to a question?
The "oldie but goodie" question What are the choices today for orbital mechanics simulation software? has eleven separate community wiki answers (more if you count the deleted ones).
Questions:
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When exactly was the solenoid question reopened?
The question Electromagnetic lens to focus cosmic rays was rapidly closed and then reopened.
I've tried that new timeline thingy on the left (below the voting buttons) and I can see when closing ...
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Should nonsensical question titles be edited?
Recently this question was posted: Is the ISS a tennis racket?
I think the question itself is good, but the question title by itself does not make any sense without context. This makes it useless in ...
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Do I police this site as if it were my own?
This comment says:
@uhoh: That's good for you. It is very unclear to me, because your interpretation doesn't make sense, as other comments have pointed out. Not objective indeed, maybe you should ...
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What is it about this question that makes people want to close it despite the engineering-based answers?
The question How well could the Tesla Cybertruck drive on Mars? received five close votes and was put on hold, then re-opened, and now currently has four more close votes, for a total of nine, most or ...
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Why is this question about science on Venus off-topic?
Why is the question With no acid cloud deck surrounding Venus, would the poles be much colder than the equator ? put on hold as off-topic?
Isn't the question about planetary science and as such on-...
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Why was this question so quickly put on hold, and without comments, guidance, or suggestions?
What does this NASA administrator's tweeted statement mean? What is the context?
Question: Would a similar statement about taxpayer money used in SLS/Boeing or the JWST (delays and cost overruns ...
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Why was my flagging a Dunning-Kruger effect comment declined?
I flagged the comment:
"Most of the things are done." No they're not. Not even close. You are so far from being done that it is impossible to know just how incredibly far from being done ...
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What question concerning KSP are on topic?
Give the comments in this question Will Kerbal Space Program 2 have Lagrange points, halo orbits, and other 3-body goodies?, I wander what questions related to KSP are on topic.
I propose the ...
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When the real answer may only be in links within comments below the answer, what to do or say?
This answer to What radio frequencies were used by the Soviet space program circa 1961? (“Lost Cosmonaut” recording) contains a lot of relevant perspective, and is authored by a user who regularly ...
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Why edit other people's posts and undo their use of in-line links?
A new user performed a substantial suggested edit to another user's answer post, changing all the in-line links to numbered links with the urls themselves moved to the bottom of the post. I rejected ...
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Should one of these be closed as a duplicate of the other? If so, which one?
Two well written, well received questions each with several well written, well received answers. Each now has one close vote as a duplicate of the other.
January 2019 Why are probes that tend to ...
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Okay if I re-ask this Space Exploration-related question from Astronomy SE here?
The well-received question in Astronomy SE What is the maximum transmission distance of the radio signal in the outer space which could still be understood? was asked in November of 2013 and so is way ...
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Are second-person edits supposed to push a question to the main page?
A new user asked "When do rockets push back on matter?", which as originally written seemed to push a particular point of view, rather than pose a genuine question. It subsequently garnered a large ...
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Example of dysfunctional question closing and answering?
There are good, thorough answers that can not be posted to the question Time taken for moon landing because the question is currently closed.
This is because @JanDoggen voted to close as duplicate ...
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Are these questions good candidates for merging?
There are two overlapping questions, each with one or more good quality and well-received answer.
Are there any CubeSats that have been launched into Geostationary (GEO/GSO) or Geostationary Transfer ...
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Were the moderators flagged by this user's "minor" edits? Did they find it irritating?
The question Who did I irritate enough for someone to mass downvote some of my answers? has a few answers, and discussion in comments under one of them suggest that the user's edits could be "...
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Is this question truly off-topic? Or are people just (over) reacting to the "may be better suited" comment?
The author of the comment addressed to me
This may be better suited to a geology or physics site.
says they didn't vote to close, but the comment seems to have none-the-less triggered some ...
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Is my answer being sabotaged?
I propose the following:
The block quoted text in the question Can someone help Scott Manley explain this capture maneuver? is inarticulate and pretty much meaningless in terms of explaining ...
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Is voting to close of this question warranted or at least defensible, or was this a bit reckless?
The question What were some of the first two stage rockets flown? has just been put on hold as duplicate to When did the concept of “stages” enter rocketry?.
I feel this was a bit of reckless voting,...
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Combustion chamber question on topic?
What Constitutes A Combustion Chamber?
We don't 'do' fuel questions, but what about this one?
Should it be closed or is it 'innocent' enough?
I lean towards accepting it.
Related meta: Why can't ...
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"Please invent my invention" or "Would X work?" questions; suitability and topicality?
For comparison, what a "good" i.e. well researched "Would X work?" reactor question might look like:
Could a “nuclear turbo-jet” be built?
Example 1 (as originally posted):
The ...
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Is the anonymous, silent down-vote plus close-vote for "unclear" on a new user's question welcoming?
This question was recently posted. Within 8 minutes two users responded:
I found some resources for the OP and left a link, then edited the question to improve the grammar. I felt the question was ...
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Should these two tidal forces questions be asked in Astronomy SE instead of here?
Two questions just asked:
How do we know that an exoplanet is tidally locked to the parent star?
Do tides occur on planets like Neptune, having water?
while probably not off-topic here, are ...
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Is this question really, truly off-topic while all of these other physics questions are on-topic?
The question Two 1000 kg gold spheres orbit their CM in near-contact, great way to measure G or limited by spaceflight issues? was put on hold for being off topic. It seems that using a spacecraft to ...
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Are third party robots editing my posts and removing my sentences?
The comment on this edit says:
Comment: broken image fixed (click 'rendered output' to see the difference); for more info, see https://gist.github.com/Glorfindel83/9d954d34385d2ac2597bbe864466259f
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Why delete a question with so many well-written and received answers?
The question Why does the Mars InSight Lander look wet like a cardboard box that came in contact with water? [closed] may have a conspiracy theorist bent but it was handled well and has three very ...
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Why should the question below be closed when there is no specific answer to it?
The question "Does a credible Kármán plane reach escape velocity within 1 minute or does it follow the curvature of the Earth ?" was closed because it would have an answer from the already closed ...
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How many variants of the "Was Karman wrong?" question is enough for one user?
In addition to my answer there, I've just added the comment
-1 "If von Kármán is right with his description of the Kármán line..." That sentence misrepresents ...
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How to get a link to an old question of mine, possibly deleted?
I am looking for an old question of mine that (I believe) asked about the largest number of different kinds of satellites in one payload. I also believe I included a yellow-room photo of the Kanopus-V-...
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Is voting to close a question for "primarily opinion-based answers" while answering with fact exercising faulty logic, or even gamesmanship?
The question Will Scotland require a space agency? Is there one in the works? was insta-closed, but not before one of the closers also wrote a well-received, fact-based answer to it.
I find the logic ...
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What might these silent close-voters' reasons have been? How might I address them?
I just wrote the comment:
This question asks about decisions made within the US government and so can have a factual answer. Insta-closing prevents such answers from being written. I am not ...
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Bad physics in accepted answer, what to do? (if anything)
This answer is currently accepted. I believe the physics is wrong, since conservation of angular momentum prevents a satellite from raising its orbit around a spherically symmetric body by using only ...