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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 8 months ago

More than that. Gravity is weak; gravity-based technologies inevitably need insane amounts of material to work. This particular metric also involves shedding mass, y'know, like a rocket would have anyway.

Wasn't this story posted already here? I don't want to rehash if I don't have to.