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I suspect there are some processes where a little artificial G would help,
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Centripetal/centrifugal sorting to the rescue. Tell some AI chatbot to merge a space program and an acorn.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoke_Space are showing a solution for a reuseable upper stage capsule that uses a cryogenic fuel tank for a heat shield and an aerospike to land on. No grid fines, just a ring of thirty rockets.
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The company operates a rocket test facility on a 2.3-acre spread near Moses Lake [WA]’s airport.[5] Their reusable second-stage design eliminates the brittle ceramic tiles that have required detailed inspections and lengthy refurbishments on other space vehicles.[6]
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They have as much startup capital as SpaceX started with. One single, tested motor used redundantly on both first and second stages.
Edit: Here's this...