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by JumpCrisscross 1164 days ago
> completely wrong. Bases are not cheap to build, maintain or defend

Nobody suggested building more bases. The proposed problem was launch reliability. A major reason for launch scrubs is weather.

AustinDev proposed staging in orbit [1]. I said it’s cheaper to have more than one launch location on the ground over more than one launch location in orbit.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35485273

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You're correct, I know that DARPA is evaluating this same equation right now.
Tbf, DARPA researches all kinds of approaches that never turn operational.