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Season 7 Episode 18 - 1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook
8.3 ?
2013
Documentary, Animation
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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