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I hope you're kidding.
Also, Antarctica is not "isolated," and people who live in the Southern Hemisphere (along with everybody who loves penguins) would object to such a plan.
Everybody loves penguins
Penguins live along the coasts, launch pads could be put inland away from any nesting grounds. Antarctica is as isolated as it gets on Earth, circumpolar currents keep most of its air over the continent, and most of its coastal waters near it.
Jokes about Penguins aside, the whole of humanity is acting like Batman stuck in his Batcave, trying to explore Gotham with a few small RC cars. Why not "get out and live a little" ? The "Batmobile" is called NPP.
Meanwhile, humanity can dink around for a thousand years with chemical rockets and still not equal half of 15 minutes (1 launch) with NPP.
Ironically enough, far more people will suffer from junk food, cigarettes, booze etc & not wearing seat belts. "Penny wise, pound foolish" according to the statistics. There might be ways to make it cleaner than people fear. I guess it's less unlikely penguins will evolve and orbit a million tons of payload first.
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