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Space Bridge (other)
Space bridge may refer to one of the following * Orbiting skyhooks, an orbiting tether space transportation system that can be built with existing materials and technology * Space elevator, a hypothetical device * US-Soviet Space Bridge, a 1980's joint US-Soviet show. * Electronika#Electronic toys, Electronika IM-09 - Space Bridge (Электроника ИМ-09 - Космический мост), a clone of Nintendo's List of Game & Watch games#Fire, Fire from the Game & Watch * Space Bridge, a fictional interstellar transportation system in the ''Transformers'' universe, first seen in the episode in "Transport to Oblivion" {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orbiting Skyhooks
A skyhook is a proposed momentum exchange tether that aims to reduce the cost of placing payloads into low Earth orbit. A heavy space station, orbiting station is connected to a cable which extends down towards the upper atmosphere. Payloads, which are much lighter than the station, are hooked to the end of the cable as it passes, and are then flung into orbit by rotation of the cable around the center of mass. The station can then be reboosted to its original altitude by electromagnetic propulsion, rocket propulsion, or by deorbiting another object with the same kinetic energy as transferred to the payload. A skyhook differs from a geostationary orbit space elevator in that a skyhook would be much shorter and would not come in contact with the surface of the Earth. A skyhook would require a suborbital launch vehicle to reach its lower end, while a space elevator would not. History Different synchronous non-rotating orbiting skyhook concepts and versions have been proposed, star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
