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Dark Sky Stations, Stratospheric Satellites, and Ultra Low Orbit Infrastructure (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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The Dog Sky Station, or D S S, Is an Orbital Tram

The strato tram is designed to be both buoyant and aero, dynamically lifting. It benefits over simply lifting a spaceplane on a balloon because youe are coming out the top at high velocity. The concept is fairly straightforward. We take some long, cylinder shaped balloons, five of them, and arrange them like a starfish around a hub. And again, solar paard, it begins nine day journey to orbital heights, while accelerating slowly to orbital speeds as the air thins.

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