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It's about time! NASA's orbital atomic clock a boon for deep space navigation – if they can get it working for long enough

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> the long-term stability of gas-cell clocks can suffer when the atoms collide with the "walls" of the cell, causing drift.

I'm know to drift a bit after colliding with the walls.

My stability is open to question as well.

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