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What do you think about a "limited" number of pods? My idea would be that you have to send one pod up to the space platform with a rocket in order to drop one pod down to a planet. This would more like real-life, where the astronauts return in the same pod with the one they flew up. This would also prevent pod drop spam.

I think dropping is supposed to be easier than launching; this would make dropping harder than launching. (If you could launch a significant number at once then not so much harder. But one launch per pod would mean that one drop is harder than one launch.)

Maybe we could have to build pods in orbit to drop them? Then the ingredients would make all the difference in just how hard or easy that is, but it would make a bit more sense than sending infinite pods for zero cost.

It is kind of a necessity to prevent people from soft locking themselves in specific situations.