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Tethered Ring Space Launchers (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Using Carbon Fiber Tethers in Space Explosions

The idea was first publicly presented in 2015 at a conference on space elevators. If it did break, all the fast moving parts are either flying off in orbit or burning up the atmosphere like meteorites if it breaks. The bigger stationary segments could just deploy parachutes and fall gently down.

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