1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook
Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell · Season 7 · Episode 18
Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources. A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults spaceships from earth orbit into the depths of space.
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Season
7
Episode
18
Air Date
17/Nov/2019
Air Time
—
Runtime
8 min
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Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources. A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults spaceships from earth orbit into the depths of space.
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