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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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Hydrogen Is a Better Lifting Gas Than Helium

Hydrogen is a better buoyant lifting gas than helium, and vastly easier and cheaper to supply. Tute materials like graphine have tight spacing that can hold in helium or hydroen. Amusingly, the material we love for uxtra strong tethers is also graphine.

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