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    A skyhook is a proposed momentum exchange tether that aims to reduce the cost of placing payloads into low Earth orbit. A heavy orbiting station is connected...
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  • Look up skyhook in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Skyhook, sky hook or skyhooks may refer to: Sky Hook, a Hugo Award–nominated science fiction fanzine...
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    McKendree cylinder Planetary chauvinism Rotating wheel space station Skyhook (structure) Stanford Torus Space stations and habitats in fiction 2312 – O'Neill...
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  • and transfers gases from the atmosphere to an orbital station. A Skyhook (structure) is similar to a space elevator, such a device would be used to pump...
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    its destination. Colonization of the Moon Non-rocket spacelaunch Skyhook (structure) Space tether Pearson, Jerome; Eugene Levin; John Oldson & Harry Wykes...
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  • Lunar space elevator Megaproject Non-rocket spacelaunch Orbital ring Skyhook (structure) Space elevator construction Space elevator safety Space elevators...
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    can be tamed. The skyhook is another launch system concept. Skyhook could be either rotating or non-rotating. The non-rotating skyhook hangs from a low...
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  • planetary magnetic field Momentum exchange tether, a kind of space tether Skyhook (structure), or a tidal stabilized tether Space elevator, a geostationary orbital...
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  • Second moment of area — Shock wave — SI — Single-stage to orbit — Skyhook (structure) — Stream function — Streamline — Solar panel — Solar sail — Solar...
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  • the Moon)'s surface to its orbit without using external boosters Skyhook (structure) – Slew – Stream function – Streamline – Solar panel – Solar sail...
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  • Launch loop Lightcraft Lunar space elevator Non-rocket spacelaunch Skyhook (structure) Space elevator construction Space elevator competitions Space elevator...
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    have been proposed. In some systems, such as a combination launch system, skyhook, rocket sled launch, rockoon, or air launch, a portion of the total delta-v...
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    Megastructure (redirect from Mega structure)
    inflated into its final form. A stellaser is a star-powered laser or maser. A skyhook is a very long tether that hangs down from orbit. A space elevator is a...
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  • colonization Space-based solar power Asteroid mining Space elevator Skyhook (structure) John S. Lewis (1997). Mining the Sky: Untold Riches from the Asteroids...
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    tether Skyhook Gravity elevator US 11014692B2, issued 2021-05-25  Swan, Philip (2023). "The Techno-Economic Viability of Actively Supported Structures for...
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  • introduces the concept of "skyhooks" and "cranes" (see below). He suggests that resistance to Darwinism is based on a desire for skyhooks, which do not really...
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  • Moravec published an article in 1977 called "A Non-Synchronous Orbital Skyhook" describing a concept using a rotating cable. The rotation speed would...
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    chrome grille with horizontal slats, adaptive suspension, marketed as Skyhook and 330 mm brake disks with four piston calipers at each wheel. Maserati...
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  • nanotube-based materials as the tensile element in the tether design. The rotating skyhook, or momentum-exchange tether, is an idea related to the space elevator...
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    Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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    non-rotating Orbiting Skyhook for an Earth-to-orbit / orbit-to-escape-velocity Space Transportation System in a paper titled "An Orbiting Skyhook: Affordable Access...
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    Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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  • materials. A skyhook is a theoretical class of orbiting tether propulsion intended to lift payloads to high altitudes and speeds. Proposals for skyhooks include...
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  • Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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    regarded option is a computer-controlled suspension damping system called "Skyhook". This adaptive damping system uses coil-over shock absorbers and a set...
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    Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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    Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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    Orbiting skyhooks Skyhook Momentum exchange tether Space elevators Space elevator...
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  • method of launching an object into space using a large gun- or cannon-like structure. Space guns could thus potentially provide a method of non-rocket spacelaunch...
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    lubricants, ballast, crew, supplies and military load (including the skyhook airplanes) Eight Maybach VL II 560 hp (420 kW) gasoline engines were mounted...
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