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Comment by pfdietz | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]pfdietz · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:37 UTC · link
If the simple industrial process of pumping liquid from one tank to another is too difficult, one wonders exactly what sort of society anyone could imagine building in space.

The main reason fuel depots and fuel transfer were disparaged was to protect the gravy train of SLS. But that's essentially over.

[−]TeMPOraL · 2026-11-14 Sat 23:56 UTC · link
Nothing is simple in zero g. All our industrial processes have baked in assumption about gravity (and most also about the composition and pressure of surrounding air).