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TL;DR

Add "Enable/Disable" checkbox to rocket silo.

What?

Why?

Same reason we have it in requester chests,

Also, it would make more practical to switch between using silos listening to space requests and other that are not listening to space requests.
Specially to deal with building a platform dead lock, like this thread: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=121977, where the rocket loads everything except platforms

While also dealing with the annoying 3 rockets parts that can't be loaded without using automatic request from space platform: Processing Unit, Low Density Structure and Rocket Fuel

That would allow one to read the space requests with combinators, and if it has space platforms in it, then disable the rockets that have automatic request from space platform, so they don't send stuff and clog the system, while also keeping it automatic, as once the platform is built, those silos set to automatic would then switch back on, allowing for Processing Unit, Low Density Structure and Rocket Fuel to be send up again.

So the space platform requests like 1k platforms foundation and a lot of other items.
At that tick, all rocket silos that are set to automatic will start loading random crap.
Next tick or two, combinator logic will disable the rocket silo.
Bots will complete their already scheduled job as usual.
Rocket silo won't launch, since it is disabled.

This also give the option to "launch" rockets with signal as well.

Seems like a very trivial change, considering we already have it in requester chests, and does not have any backwards compatibility issues