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    Sci-Fi Starbase Yorktown Plausibility Study (spoilers)

    1. No, not for "just the frame". Earth didn't only produce 1.5 billion tonnes of refined iron in 2005. It also produced millions of tonnes each of various other elements, plus more millions of tonnes each of various textiles. 2. Because in large scale construction you don't wait for the entire...
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    Sci-Fi Starbase Yorktown Plausibility Study (spoilers)

    Perhaps next time avoid phrases such as "I hope I irritated some of you" when inviting responses? Anyway. To address your conclusions, could you show some of your work? For example, what assumptions were involved in deciding the Yorktown's construction would be "highly unlikely" with respect to...
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