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Originally Posted by javadog View Post
I can’t see this thing ever being able to launch anything with a significant payload. Not only are humans delicate but a lot of the crap that we launch into space is pretty delicate, too. I just don’t think the numbers will work.

Not only that, but we have 60+ years of success doing it the old-fashioned way, why change?
I hear "because we've always done it that way." is always the best reason to eschew change.
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