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1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook (2019x18)

Air date: Nov 17, 2019

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.