They'll eventually have to pump in inert (i.e. not oxygen) gas to keep the steel stand from rusting out if the experiment is ever going to run out of pitch.
Wouldn't the oxygen eventually get "used up" in the iron reaction?
There’s lots of oxygen in the atmosphere, typically the iron will be completely turned into rust before the oxygen runs out.
I used to have a math class in the building housing this, used to walk past it a few times a week :D
What are the "various" glitches that have prevented anyone seeing a drop fall?
Sleep? Inadequate coverage of personnel who have choreographed their blinking?
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The webcam wasn't working briefly when one of the drops fell. Before that one webcams didn't exist.
What’s the experiment though?
What broken website. The subscribe overlay is not even closeable