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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by dylan604 on Friday December 30, 2022 @02:07PM (#34188644)
No, it was a legit question. It depends on the payload though right? For StarLink deployments at LEO, I'm sure it re-enters soon-ish. But what about for higher altitude launches of other types of satellites? How long does the second stage float around?
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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by mlindner on Friday December 30, 2022 @03:08PM (#34189417)
If you have questions I'd suggest asking them as a question. Your post read as a statement of fact with a rhetorical question attached.
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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by dylan604 on Friday December 30, 2022 @04:11PM (#34190164)
"How long is the second stage just floating around after delivering payloads?"

How much more of a interrogative statement does it need to be made to be considered asking a non-rhetorical question?

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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by geocrasher on Friday December 30, 2022 @06:24PM (#34191366)
If you take it out of context of your post, yes, it looks like a well posed question. When read in context it looks rhetorical and that's how I took it, too. Perhaps you didn't intend that. But that is how it came out.
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Re:SpaceX caps 2022 with record-setting 61st Falcon 9 launch by mlindner on Saturday December 31, 2022 @07:54AM (#34196033)
As a standalone question that's fine, but in context it's a rhetorical question as you already state your assumed answer.
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