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Comment by TacticalCoder | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]TacticalCoder · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:18 UTC · link
> If that were true, then why doesn't the US have a single high speed train?

Because building/modifying rails crossing many states and cities means having to deal with a unending shitload of bureaucrats at single every level of power.

While sending something up straight in the air and then into space means all those little bureaucrats from all those cities/communities/states do not get a say in the matter.