Launch Loops

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

• Episode: Launch Loops
• Website: Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur
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• Duration: 00:22:47
• Published: 2017-06-01 16:56

The Launch Loop is a type of space vehicle launch assist mechanism that allows us to transfer vast amounts of energy and momentum from ground based generators to a launch vehicle high in the upper atmosphere. Watch the video version: https://youtu.be/J1MAg0UAAHg View Lofstrom's 2009 updated paper: http://slides.launchloop.com//launchloop.pdf Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Support the Channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur Visit the sub-reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Katie Byrne Misho Yordanov Murat Mamkegh Sergio Botero Stefan Blandin Script Editing: Andy Popescu Connor Hogan Edward Nardella Eustratius Graham Gregory Leal Jefferson Eagley Luca de Rosa Michael Gusevsky Mitch Armstrong MolbOrg Naomi Kern Philip Baldock Sigmund Kopperud Steve Cardon Tiffany Penner Music: Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius" Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon" Koalips, "Kvazar" Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth" Dan McLeod, NeptuneUK, "Mysterious Universe"