So you decommission and deorbit anything that can't be controlled. Once you have a functional beanstalk the entire cost/benefit of doing everything in space cha

So you decommission and deorbit anything that can't be controlled. Once you have a functional beanstalk the entire cost/benefit of doing everything in space changes. It becomes a lot easier to put things in orbit and it becomes a lot more important to keep the beanstalk up.