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Buying Loco

Farming out spaceship construction

To keep costs down

Engines fabricated by displaced Centurans

Living in the Jovian atmosphere

Life-support: humans on Titan

A Sirian hull (refurbished)

Computers from a clean-room

Facility in a near-Earth orbit

Support systems built by Enceladan “squid”

And so on

With the result that

When something needs repaired

You need a HAL 9000

Just to find the right tool

And you don't care if it's psycho