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If you pick a low enough orbit, it gives you a lot of freedom to use a lightweight launch vehicle such as a stepladder.

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[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Good call. There's a good Joe Scott video on what that would look like, IIRC.