Thank you for being a voice of sanity here.
Also, the Van Allen radiation belts aren’t a “mantra”, as some folks seem to believe ... nor are they an unavoidable barrier as some would have us believe in spite of facts to the contrary. They are a region of near-Earth space best avoided by launching on a high-inclination orbit.
“They are a region of near-Earth space best avoided by launching on a high-inclination orbit.”
No human has passed through this area for over fifty years despite it being “safe”.
Lol.