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Since it seems people are hesitant to stake out an answer, I would like to offer a suggestion. I didn't want to offer my own opinion because I wanted to give the community a chance to decide, but instead of offering an opinion I'll give an estimation of what the community wants based on what types of questions were closed.
With the exception of the recently ...
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It was previously ruled as on topic (technically ruled as "not strictly off topic"), but this is definitely one of those borderline cases. I think we need a new meta question about what is on/off topic in regards to celestial mechanics, and the result of that discussion needs to be a final determination on this question. If the new rules decided make it off ...
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There is no contradiction between upvotes and votes to close. It happened multiple times that I casted both an upvote and a vote to close on the same question.
Upvoting is for good questions. A question can be interesting, well researched, and fun, but also off-topic. In this case I will upvote and vote to close. Perhaps not if it's blatantly off-topic, ...
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I initiated the closure, so I think I should post the original reasoning I gave, along with the points on which I feel convinced that the question in question should remain closed.
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is an astronomy question, specifically a celestial mechanics question.
And our help center clearly states that ...
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I'll add a contra-position answer to permit voting.
I think any questions in the Space Exploration Stack Exchange should make it clear how they are related explicitly to the exploration of space, particularly by the use of space craft.
If we were to extend the remit to all topics that relate to knowledge of space, such as celestial mechanics, we end up ...
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