[oliver236]

> I respect them putting their money where their mouth is.

More like putting their mouth where their money is.

[peyton]

Haha. Honestly it’s rocks in a tube. If we need to we can figure it out.

[oliver236]

what does rocks in a tube mean

[springhalo]

I'm assuming he means that solid-propellant rockets are conceptually simple to make; rocks being either the explosive at the end (akin to throwing stones) or maybe the basic fuel and oxidizer propellant mix. Either way it's the idea that the most well funded military on earth could make another rocket factory easily if needed.

[Henchman21]

Can we? Do we still have the ability and smarts? I know there’s some portion of nuclear weapons we cannot make because we simply lost the ability.