Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell · SEASON 7
1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook
Episode 18 · 2019-11-17
- Documentary
- Animation
Episode overview
Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources. A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults spaceships from earth orbit into the depths of space.
8 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam?2019-01-13
2. Building a Mars Base Is a Horrible Idea: Let’s Do It!2019-02-03
3. Loneliness2019-02-17
4. The Origin of Consciousness — How Unaware Things Became Aware2019-03-17
5. What If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?2019-03-31
6. The Most Dangerous Stuff in the Universe — Strange Stars Explained2019-04-14
7. The Side Effects of Vaccines — How High Is the Risk?2019-05-12
8. Is the EU Democratic? Does Your Vote Matter?2019-05-19
9. Is Meat Bad for You? Is Meat Unhealthy?2019-06-09
10. Could Your Phone Hurt You? Electromagnetic Pollution2019-07-07
11. Tiny Bombs in Your Blood — The Complement System2019-07-28
12. The World War of the Ants — The Army Ant2019-08-11
13. The Egg — A Short Story2019-09-01
14. What’s Hiding at the Most Solitary Place on Earth? The Deep Sea2019-09-15
15. The Billion Ant Mega Colony and the Biggest War on Earth2019-09-29
16. What If We Nuke a City?2019-10-13
17. Neutron Stars — The Most Extreme Things That Are Not Black Holes2019-11-10
18. 1,000 km Cable to the Stars — The Skyhook2019-11-17
19. An Antidote to Dissatisfaction2019-12-08
20. Overpopulation & Africa2019-12-15
21. How to Move the Sun: Stellar Engines2019-12-22
