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Originally Posted by thrash
Here's a literary "X marks the spot" for one way of approaching this issue:
"Using deep-radar had been more of a habit than anything else. A deep-radar on high setting was an easy way to find Slaver stasis boxes, since only stasis fields and neutron stars would reflect a hyperwave pulse." -- "The Soft Weapon," Larry Niven.
[Makes me wonder, though, what deep-radar is supposed to do if it doesn't usually return a ping.]
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Maybe it's the type of ping returned. Tin shacks and aircraft carriers give different types of readings don't they?