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Upward Bound: Skyhooks
Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
English - March 23, 2017 15:01 - 28 minutes - 52.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 600 ratingsScience Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we examine the Skyhooks and Rotovators, technology designed to lift grab spaceplanes or rockets at far slower speeds than normal and lift them into space at a fraction of normal launch costs.
Watch the video: https://youtu.be/TlpFzn_Y-F0
Boeing's "Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch -- HASTOL":
http://www.niac.usra.edu/files/library/meetings/annual/jun01/391Grant.pdf
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Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier
Music by:
Intro/Outro:
Sergey Cheremisinov
"Sirius"
Kai Engel
"Endless Story about Sun and Moon"
Koalips
"Kvazar"
Frank Dorittke
"Morninglight"
Kevin MacLeod
"Spacial Winds"
Lombus
"Amino"