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Tethered Ring Space Launchers

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

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Introduction

The tethered ring is an idea for hanging a non-rocket-based launch system in the upper atmosphere. It could make space travel as cheap as air travel around Earth, and faster too. The inventor Phil Swan explained the concept to me at the International Space Development Conference. This is a very cool system that would work well on Earth and many other planets too.

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