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be overcome





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Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Analyst Jamie Baker said that rather than modeling higher fuel prices a quarter at a time, they’ve “embraced” a jet fuel assumption for 2026 that they don’t think can be overcome by higher fare prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The lesson, he wrote, was that “fear often can be overcome simply by facing it.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

But she suggested if they could be overcome "the UK is well positioned to be not just a centre of autonomous vehicle innovation, but a global leader in regulation".

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

The papers, he said, “included a statement on the special difficulties that would have to be overcome in making a plutonium bomb.”

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin




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