And baited...

BTW, you realize that pretty much all of these points have already been made ?
(Probably not, I guess you've just started writing your answer as soon as you read the first post, and might not even have read any other answers...)

I know it must feel nice to act on your anger after ...

I feel like I am misunderstanding you and the others on a fundamental level, so to clarify for my different wired brain:

Do you want the same system I and I guess many others are using for orbital platforms?
My platforms take the items in, they are meant to take in, than they travel to other ...

Not feeling to quote the above again, but maybe MrDoctor should not see himself as the only data point to measure difficulty?
To some people reaching Space is a big challenge, to others it´s a breeze. I, personally, challenge myself with crazy lategame factories and absolutely love trains. Others ...

I honestly don´t understand the spoilage problem. We have slavery with intermediate steps and likewise, we have production with intermediate, well, filters so to say.
We have two endless resources at our hands, so just pour them into the production bus and sort spoiled stuff out and re route it ...