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Podcast: Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography, & More
Episode: Space Elevators
Description: You’ve probably seen footage of a rocket launch. There is a bunch of smoke and fire as the rocket lifts off to begin its flight to achieve an altitude and velocity which will get it into orbit. It works, but it requires a lot of energy to get even a small amount of mass into the Earth’s orbit. What if there was a way to travel into space that didn’t require a rocket? What if going into Earth orbit could be just as easy as going up to the top floo...