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uhoh

00:50

@geoffc what does that mean?

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uhoh

01:56

Q: What's fixed in Ariel that is moving in other planet-hunting space telescopes?

The BBC News article UK will lead European exoplanet mission says: Steady platform And one aspect that would work in Ariel's favour is the absence of any moving parts in its build, commented Plato team-member Dr Don Pollaco from Warwick University, UK. "The issue with all of these p...

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Space Exploration Meta

04:18

Q: Who asked this question first?

1) Maximum height for a Mars Ballon? 2) How high could a weather balloon be used on Mars without rupturing? Where do I look for an exact timestamp? Which one of these balloons question on Mars came out first? Updated: I kept an eye on the questions and 2nd question day turned first to day 5 m...

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geoffc

11:49

@uhoh You said ping. The response to a ping is a pong.

Space Exploration Meta

Q: What fraction of my questions have accepted answers? How can I find out?

I have a lot of questions here and a great majority have answers, and for a great majority of those an answer has been accepted. Is it possible for someone to figure out what fraction of my questions have accepted answers without going through the 44 pages of questions and counting? Is it then ...

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uhoh

12:08

@geoffc oh, and so I did. I guess I must have assumed that it had timed out and removed it from my subconscious "watch queue".

geoffc

No worries.

What were you thinkng of so many moons past?

uhoh

well the ping was for letting you know that I"d posted a SpaceX question as a follow-up to your comment. What I've been thinking of day and night is probably how to feed the SE question-posting monkey on my back.

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