Elon Musk's impressive celestial side hustle makes headlines almost every day, whether for yeeting commercial payloads into orbit or spectacularly fluffing Starship landings. Still there's an aspect to his operation which all-too frequently gets overlooked, even by Musk's vast army of international followers. Yes, although the ins and outs of SpaceX launches are obsessively pored over by the faithful, the actual humdrum business of getting rockets to the launch pad isn't dwelt upon nearly enough.

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