I have the same question, but with a specific situation.

I have a planet with two platforms. Above it is one platform, that's constantly trying to fill itself with Promethium shards and Biter eggs. While it's requesting fewer than a rocketful of eggs -- which prevents it from monopolizing the ...

I scanned, but I didn't notice the obvious argument is that it's bizarrely unrealistic to not have in-space transfers. The technological complexity of between-ship transfers is certainly no harder than surface-to-ship; the logistics are orders of magnitude smaller; and it's just a really weird ...