Preview for Later Today Phil Swan explores reducing space travel costs by bypassing the rocket equation. He proposes infrastructure like mass drivers, skyhooks, and orbiting launch stations to make transport between Earth, the Moon, and Mars economically

Season 8 Episode 755  ยท  Apr 16, 08:54 PM

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Phil Swan explores reducing space travel costs by bypassing the rocket equation. He proposes infrastructure like mass drivers, skyhooks, and orbiting launch stations to make transport between Earth, the Moon, and Mars economically viable.
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