Ep. 13 - Getting to Space, No Rockets Required? (SpinLaunch & Space Elevators)
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What if you could get to space, WIHOUT using any rockets? (Or in the case of SpinLaunch, a much smaller rocket than usual? That's what we're looking at today. For the video version, go to: https://youtu.be/v9booqvNrTQ If you have comments, thoughts, or suggestions, email us at [email protected] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/michaellaine/space-elevator-science-climb-to-the-sky-a-tethered https://www.liftport.com/ https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2000/ast07sep_1/ https://space.nss.org/wp-content/uploads/2000-Space-Elevator-NASA-CP210429.pdf https://www.spinlaunch.com/ https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2019164472A1/en https://spacenews.com/spinlaunch-conducts-first-test-of-suborbital-accelerator-at-spaceport-america/
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