Sky Hook |
A
long, very strong, cable in orbit around a planet which rotates around its
center of mass in such a way that when one end is closest to the ground, its
relative velocity is almost zero. It would function as a kind of space elevator; shuttle craft would anchor to the end and then be lifted into orbit where
they would be released. It is closely related to the idea of a beanstalk. [Originally described by Y Artsutanov
in 1969. The name was propbably coined by Hans Moravec in Moravec, Hans,
"A Non-Synchronous Orbital
Skyhoo k," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
Vol. 25, No. 4, October-December 1977, pp 307-322 ]
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A
long, very strong, cable in orbit around a planet which rotates around its
center of mass in such a way that when one end is closest to the ground, its
relative velocity is almost zero. It would function as a kind of space elevator; shuttle craft would anchor to the end and then be lifted into orbit where
they would be released. It is closely related to the idea of a beanstalk. [Originally described by Y Artsutanov
in 1969. The name was propbably coined by Hans Moravec in "A
Non-Synchronous Orbital
Skyhoo k," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
Vol. 25, No. 4, October-December 1977, pp 307-322 ]
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A
long, very strong, cable in orbit around a planet which rotates around its
center of mass in such a way that when one end is closest to the ground, its
relative velocity is almost zero. It would function as a kind of space elevator; shuttle craft would anchor to the end and then be lifted into orbit where
they would be released. It is closely related to the idea of a beanstalk. [Originally described by Y Artsutanov
in 1969. The name was propbably coined by Hans Moravec in Moravec, Hans,
"A Non-Synchronous Orbital
Skyhook," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
Vol. 25, No. 4, October-December 1977, pp 307-322 ] [AS]
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A
long, very strong, cable in orbit around a planet which rotates around its
center of mass in such a way that when one end is closest to the ground, its
relative velocity is almost zero. It would function as a kind of space elevator; shuttle craft would anchor to the end and then be lifted into orbit where
they would be released. It is closely related to the idea of a beanstalk. [Originally described by Y Artsutanov
in 1969. The name was propbably coined by Hans Moravec in Moravec, Hans,
"A Non-Synchronous Orbital
Skyhook," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences,
Vol. 25, No. 4, October-December 1977, pp 307-322 ] [AS]
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