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2025: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
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Why do you shut down further comments on controversial topics like how much fuel would have been required for Apollo XI to go to the moon & back? [closed]
I would say they need to know what the current posting policies say about this, they will need to know the whole Apollo program is dubious at best.
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Help us with our Chat guidelines
Per Chat room owners can now establish room guidelines we'll be getting some new introduction screens for chat rooms. The one I'm asking for y'all's help with is the "second onboarding modal,&...
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What would make you want to use Chat more?
The Pod Bay is our site's chat. Much like the site itself, it's pretty quiet. Off the top of my head, there's a list of five people who seem to regularly look at it, and posting is...infrequent.
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A question has been edited and submitted for consideration of re-opening. Has this been considered?
The question Due to scaling factors of cryogenic insulation, is there a size limit below which TNR rockets have no advantage over chemical rockets was closed because it "may lead to opinionated ...
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Thanks for all the fish!
And what a bountiful catch of fish it has been!
Thank you Space SE for a decade of fascinating interactions and learning. Uhoh!
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2025 Community Moderator Election Results
Moderator election #3 on Space Exploration has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the new moderator is:
They will be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for ...
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2025 Community Moderator Election
The 2025 Community Moderator Election is now underway!
Community moderator elections have three phases:
Nomination phase
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Election phase
Most elections take between two and three weeks, ...
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Should we draw any lines on "why is [training item] different than [operational item]" questions?
Inspired by Why do these training only versions of the Artemis IVA suits have holes in the visors that the operational version doesn't?
I've written and deleted several comments as I try to evaluate ...
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2025 Moderator Election Q&A – Question Collection
The purpose of this thread was to collect questions for the questionnaire. The questionnaire is now live, and you may find it here.
Space Exploration Stack Exchange is scheduled for an election next ...
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Should the [mass-fraction] and [propellant-ratio] tags be merged? What would be a good usage description?
mass-fraction 30 questions
The mass-fraction tag has no summary, can you help us create it?
propellant-ratio 2 questions
The propellant-ratio tag has no summary, can you help us create it?
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What was so terrible about this question?
I am not a newbie to SE, but my account was blocked because of this question.
The possible future for NASA's Artemis program is a legitimate topic.
Would it be practical to redesign the SLS - EUS with ...
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Best practice when using secondary links to published papers ; at least some additional identifying information?
The originally helpful comment
The vanes weren't used to control attidude, @uhoh, that was done by nitrogen thrusters. They were there to trim the craft so further active control wasn't needed "...
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What's the deal with all these unregistered accounts popping in with zero effort questions and answers?
Examples:
https://space.stackexchange.com/users/67242/don
https://space.stackexchange.com/users/67212/loic
https://space.stackexchange.com/users/33922/ankman
https://space.stackexchange.com/users/...