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NEW VIDEO: 1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook
🕑 Added 2019-11-17 13:33:46 +0000 UTCGetting 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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Team Saunders
One of the best. The kids dined out on this one for ages
Ernando De Souza Silva
If Elon Musk see this...
Team Saunders
You’ve literally set my kids minds on fire!!
Brilliant video... as usually!! Keep up the amazing work :-)
Simon
amazing and uplifting video once more
Amazing video, up there with your best!
Olivia Appleton
Isaac Arthur might be another place to look at. He usually gives sources in the description, and he goes more in depth on how it can be used
James Dominguez
No, the compression works regardless of which direction you're travelling. It's dependent on speed.
Nishith Thakkar
Does that mean upon leaving, the shuttle's going to freeze up?
Great video as always!
Thorben Menne
Genius idea and brilliant video. Would you mind giving some of the resources you used to research the topic?
James Dominguez
Whoops... The heat from re-entry isn't from friction - it's from compression. When a fast-moving object hits the atmosphere, it compresses the air in front of it, which heats it up through the same principles that make refrigeration work.
io
i love you guys for this kind of content! ^__^
Mike Spalding
As of May 2013, all mechanical tethers (orbital and elevators) are on hold until stronger materials are available.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_tether]. Apparently the Japanese tested a related concept in 2010.
This is the coolest thing I've heard of since space elevators
Laurent Schüpbach
What an amazing thing, and an amazing video to explain it. Damn, I am so happy right now.
Jacob
Great video guys, honestly have no idea how you do this so quickly and so elegantly. Animations, Information, Sounds everything! Top notch.
Bradley Francis
Can’t wait to get home and watch this!
