You probably do need that much lift to get the parts up for a real rotating space station.

But, all things being equal, if you have a dozen geosync satellites to put up, loading them all onto one craft, with some extra propellant for final placement is going to be cheaper than doing a dozen separate launches.

With Musk's target about $500,000 round-trips to Mars, he's going to have to learn how to launch every day. For about 5 years straight.

What would change about ESA to make it at all cost-competitive with SpaceX?

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Well, they do have a Marshall Islands test site to avoid harassement by the EPA.

No, but if you succeed in getting rid of the government and creating a "utopia" where the rich and powerful rule like kings--we're certainly all going to find out.

Rich and powerful don't rule like kings without governments creating and defending the corporations that allow that to happen. Intended cause and effect.

But perhaps you have a counterexample.

Well, you find some things funny, I find other things funny. Why can't this guy just see the joke in being arrested, losing his job etc etc? I find it hilarious! Oh, it is alright to threaten people in public jobs with their lives as a jest BUT an account losing his job is not funny?

Maybe both YOU and this account should FIRST learn a bit about tolerance yourself AND not immediately resort to threats of violence just because you don't get your way. Or the cops are called in and they really like a good laugh.

Real story, over entitled prick of an accountant can't keep his mouth closed and gets in trouble for it. Hands up who does not give a fuck. Whoa! HURRICANE!

see subject.

Just fine/etc the ISP's that give them an address to use under the guise of "contributing". Hit a few hard enough and then others will be afraid to give them bandwidth.

MAYBE if you actually read a book you might learn WHY Muslims have such high need of FEMALE doctors. That is because female patients have to be seen by a female doctor or not at all. The statistic sounds so nice but underneath it is a regime of segregated care where QUALITY of care was of no importance whatsoever.

And 60% of doctors also tells you nothing of the total number of doctors available OR that women (childbirth) need doctors a LOT more then men.

Careful with your statistics young one, they can be tricky things and easily be used to fool you.

Back in the day... a bully problem could be solved simply by beating the crap out of the bully. Today... the kid who fights back gets expelled and his/her parents get sued.

H.L. Mencken proposed that the correct solution is to try such individuals to see if their behavior was appropriate. The jury would be able to
'acquit with honor' the individual if it was justified. Our current system says that every such action is prohibited because only the State has the right to act in such ways. That kind of thinking has brought us to the present state. It's chronological ethnocentrism to conclude that or present state is the best possible state.