Consider investing in a tank or something, it's what I did when I realized that just SMG didn't cut it against bigger worms and such. It's Nauvis tech still, after all.

I was wondering if sulfuric acid could be neutralized on space platforms too with calcite? At the current point I'm at in my game I'm pretty much just looking into alternatives to putting a whole nuclear reactor on my ship to give more power for the small asteroid laser defense, since reaching Gleba...