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==== Let’s make it very concrete and boring: ====
# Choose target comet(s) - reasonably predictable orbit - perihelion distance where you can reach it cheaply - outbound leg that aligns with eventual logistics goals (outer system, Kuiper belt, etc.)
# Send a specialist anchor mission - landers + harpoons - surface mapping - structural analysis (what will survive, what will spall)
# Install attachment rails + core vaults - bolts, tunnels, or regolith-anchored beams where later payloads can be docked
# Subsequent “loading” missions - every perihelion pass, launch new cargo to rendezvous - latch more containers onto the pre-prepared attachment points - gently manage local mass distribution so spin / tumbling stays manageable
# Let it go - once loaded, you’re no longer trying to micromanage it - you track it precisely - you publish ephemerides for future missions / civilizations to intercept

This is not generational-ship architecture.
It’s deep-time logistics.