tethered | Isaac Arthur

Non-Equatorial Space Elevators

Space Elevators offer the possibility of ultra-cheap space travel for all, but even if we find strong enough materials to build one, can we place them near our cities or only on the equator? See our episode Space Elevators for more details:...

Tethered Ring Space Launchers

Visit https://brilliant.org/isaacarthur/ to get started learning STEM for free, and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual premium subscription. To get into space in a big way we need to be able to move vast amounts of people and cargo to space at a...