Upward Bound: Space Elevators

Mining & Minerals - Evaluations / Off-World Exploration, Mining, & Technology

In this episode Isaac Arthur examines the concept of a Space Elevator, a popular piece of developing technology designed to lift people and cargo into space at a fraction of normal launch costs. He discusses technology as well as many of the misconceptions about Space Elevators which have emerged. "The physics of the space elevator", P. K. Aravind: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/d402...