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space coastguard when bros?

>>11215314
>Fuel in cars slow evaporate too and they don't explode after months of little to no maintenance. Why can't rockets be made to come close to that at least?
Rocket are significantly harder to build than cars and car did explode easily at first.
You won't drive rocket without regular maintenance and backup source of fuel for the same reason everyone don't drive a truck full of spare part and fuel.
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/infrastructure.php

>>11215316
Infrastructure with Orbit-to-Orbit spaceship are inevitably going to be more economical for colonization-scale transport than using "Surface-to-Orbit" rocket that require more maintenance and refueling in space anyway.
Most of the nuclear propulsion solution will require it as well, even the Orion-meme is best used in space.

>>11215330
There's a reason more educated people than you think de-orbiting satellite is important, if only economically.
De-orbiting properly a satellite may save millions more on the long run and prevent catastrophe like the Kessler syndrome.