1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook

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Hey 10 mil

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[@12345DJay]

7000 BC : rock and a string: ultimate ranged weapon for hunting animals 2019 AD : rock and a string: ultimate ranged weapon for hunting asteroids

[@HerrRussoTragik]

So in 11038AD we'll be shooting people as projectiles from giant gun barrels?

[@TheKitbaby]

@@HerrRussoTragik why not a railgun using megnets?

[@PsychoHam]

Considering the string would fling humans, which are basically animals, and asteroids are basically rocks, you could exploit that technicality and say: 7000BC: Rock and a string, the ultimate ranged weapon for hunting animals. 2019: Animals and a string: the ultimate ranged weapon for hunting rocks.

[@akeiai]

@@TheKitbaby nope, bad idea. The friction causes the monorail to melt. Look at the US research about railgun, that's why they used laser

[@Cassieperoxide]

*12,019

[@d33pblu3]

Imagine aliens bumping into our civilisation using some sort of warping technology and just see us yeeting our ships into deep space with a sling.

[@gibbous_silver]

They found us using our Caplan thruster

[@divyansh18238]

Easy and effective!

[@user-fs7zv5zj6h]

Aliens: You are meant to be professional and use warp tech. Us Humans: Haha, spaceship goes yeet.

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No, the eye is not here go away nomai

[@chelseagonzales7584]

Haha!

[@CinemaWins]

Even when a Kurzgesagt video ends with, "but it's impossible for now/we probably just haven't hit our extinction filter/heat death of the universe" type stuff I usually still walk away feeling relatively optimistic because there's always a chance... But then you throw sci-fi dreams of a Star Trek future at us and there's no real "but?!" I'm ready to take on the world today!

[@greenmustard493]

agreed

[@unitNitro]

Yo, I didn't know you watched Kurzgesagt? Love your channel btw

[@linecraftman3907]

The "but" this time is money and bringing an asteroid to act as counterweight. Ain't simple but not impossible

[@KuZiMeiChuan]

but if you time your swing a little incorrectly you fly off into the middle of nowhere and slowly die. There's the "but".

[@CinemaWins]

It's true, money and the accidental eternal vacuum of space are both 'buts.' BUT, both can immediately be overcome. Discovering/creating new elements or stopping some unknown extinction event are heavy buts. Heavy butts.

[@RedWhite-m4c]

Some kid in 3009: falls asleep on the buss, misses their stop, and is now travelling at Mach 25 towards deep space

[@mustached_villain6354]

Now: a Phobos skyhook will keep speed forever 2819: Phobos velocity crisis

[@piguyalamode164]

more like 12819

[@andrewmurray9701]

as of that point, I'm sure we will have enough resources to speed it up.

[@LowestofheDead]

The year 2372: Phobos has lost enough momentum from tether transport that it's hurtling down to the Martian colonies. The unsustainable energy supplies of our ancestors threaten our lives. Can James Bond and the rest of the Avengers defeat it? Find out, in Fast & Furious #137!

[@hosoo195]

@@LowestofheDead bruh

[@Harpoika]

2820 Phobos velocity crisis solved by re-directing and catching near passing asteroids to Mars surface. Metal prices plummet and the interstellar sling project gets a green light from the United Planets of Finland. First colony ship en route to deep space by 2850.

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

I really hope I'm alive when stuff like this starts happening

[@twaynewade2544]

Maybe if you're young.

[@christiandauz3742]

Scandinavia and parts of Western Europe will go there Wouldn't surprise me if so many Americans, Russians and Chinese renounce their oaths of allegiance just to go to space Earth is going to be a pollutted graveyard because of some god-damned racist Republicans!

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@@christiandauz3742 nobody reply

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@@thecommentpolice8115 HAHAHAHA

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Ryan Dion If I had the funding, I would. EDIT: Bird-Me is something I want.

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_is that a threat_ xd

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Imagine Kurzgesagt develops a space colonization game with all of these elements they've discussed! And this art style would only make it better!

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I would pay a lot of money to play that game!

[@Earth_Luna]

thats literally my dream

[@ct7204]

Extremely underrated comment

[@riskia2733]

I wish but like, they're too busy making high quality videos for us, what with managing merch too, if they somehow make the game tho I'd absolutely love it

[@superNova5837]

I think someone said this in the comments of their stain sphere video

[@howdyouknowmyheadphonesdied]

Ship: *accidently gets flung into the void of space* This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years

[@pandoratheclay]

Chris 5100 years*

[@benurm2390]

>5100 years And it's not exaggerating!

[@Crisjebou]

Interstellar?

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How do u do bold letters

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Siddanth raja *like this*

[@mad8kzre505]

Dude this is what makes me love this channel. The feeling that we can go into space is an awesome feeling

[@commode7x]

It's also awesome how little we can actually do because of simple lack of willingness to do so

[@anubisfox3841]

It's why I also love Elon. Just the sheer human pride one gets when he says we should be an interplanetary species, then asks why we aren't.

[@Sad_King_Billy]

@Enclave Soldier Just wait till we find interstellar opium and super tea. New colonialism will be awesome.

[@Rynewulf]

Definitely beats the feeling of being stuck in a pointless call centre for eternity xD

[@friedlemons5201]

how about the feeling of existential dread?

[@XuriFenton]

2050 math teacher: If the teather crosses the north pole at 5am at 500kmh and the spaceship takes of from Iceland at 4am at 250kmh . Calculate the speed and angle that should be taken for the ship to land safelly at the moon station by noon. Justify your answer.

[@_mossy_8520]

Sounds like extra hell

[@telescopesfs-officialchann3897]

Yea. That would be horrible

[@isaacolaves]

Glad I wont be in school in 2050

[@cinnamonshake45]

More like physics

[@Drewengtheway]

you can just add the departing hours on google maps and see the time of arrivals

[@horrorwood1331]

this is probably one of the most fascinating concepts i've ever heard. a concept so simple that its crazy we haven't started working on it yet.

[@stresswaves01]

that's why: the idea is still very unfinished and not currently possible, and lmao imagine if US government cared about anything expect of their military. And we also have enough problems on earth.

[@teopalafox]

@@stresswaves01 The US government and their military is the reason you have access to all this information.

[@riteshsawali264]

But making is 1000km long tether looks impossible right now

[@BioUmano]

​@@stresswaves01Not doing things because "We have enough problems on Earth" is such a stupid excuse to block progress. The smartphone you're using right now exist thanks to technologies that we invented to reach the Space. Innovation sprouts from everywhere, that's why is important to follow our curiosity and strives (as humans) in general, you never know what an "useless" research will give you back :)

[@ketanpethe5982]

​@@teopalafoxAnd all that information was found in pursuit of what? Weapons of mass destruction, that's what. US and it's Military are too dangerous to be let out on Mars, they might find enough Radioactive Elements to blow up the entire planet "on accident". Nope, not kidding. Look up the devil's core. That's Americans for the world. "Accidentally" killed many of their own people, not once, but twice. For what? The "freedom" to want to use a screwdriver to separate objects that would otherwise necessitate insanely more secure solutions to keep apart. No thanks, keep em away from Mars.

[@call911pls8]

Plan for space travel: 1: get to the moon. 2: build skyhook 3: use the moon to get to mars 4: build skyhook on mars 5: use sky hook on mars to get to mercury and Venus 6: make skyhooks on mercury and Venus 7: gather lots of Venus solar energy 8: use solar energy to build railgun on mercury and robots 9: make Dyson sphere on sun 10: profit

[@LumiAthena777]

Our plan for space travel is getting to the moon then build skyhook on there then use the hook to get to mars then make a skyhook then use it to get to mercury and venus then make solar panels to make railgun and make a dyson swarm to get energy.

[@marorozco9706]

one out of ten... it seems I’m not getting to see Spence travel in my lifetime :’)

[@zessatsu]

@@marorozco9706 how bout ya jus build a teleporter

[@martybenson7417]

@@marorozco9706 Depending on your age, you might. All of this will most likely happen in the next maybe 100 years if the world doesn't end

[@aaravos4371]

Marty Benson Well scientists are developing age reversing energy

[@pleasesubscribeforaburrito7904]

This is like missing a bus on another level

[@Xendruis]

true dat

[@squidwardtentacles4610]

on a space level

[@negvey]

a short bus?

[@-etaq8474]

Especially for arriving spacecraft, if you miss the skyhook, you may end up being lost in space.

[@Orionrobots]

@@-etaq8474 depends if you have enough delta-v left to make orbit at the tether outer height... a bit of a safety feature that. Probably still less delta-v than getting back out of orbit.

[@frostwyvern]

I love how this sounds more science fiction than just a really big elevator and yet is more reasonable to achieve

[@kuniosaiki]

It’s like Roald Dahl but real

[@user-bh6cz8kp4q]

design is practically impossible anyways

[@Yamyatos]

@@user-bh6cz8kp4q What? Sky hooks are legit possible.

[@n.0rr0.w]

@@Yamyatos Okay so as possible or legit as you might think they are; the challenge of finding the proper balance in momentum, accounting for space debris, manufacturing materials that can handle all that wear without risk of breaking before replacement, not to mention it's really easy to plan this stuff on paper and say yeah that looks good. I want you to go to nasa or elon and ask for funding for skyhook watch em laugh at you and sit you down and explain how maybe, maaaybe the initial idea was plausable right, but when it gets down to it at the very least you risk causing general instability within the solar systems respective orbits The solar system as we know it has been altered just by the rockets we've flown to the moon, and the satellites and what have you that we've launched. (Yeah, it hasn't changed anything in any real noticable fashion; yet, but imagine human expansion especially once we're harvesting asteroids) Now; look at something like the tether, short term, sure its not gonna do much, but if you dont balance that expenditure of energy and the sudden addition and large influx of mass being thrown around that grows over time, and in fact draws on the very planets and moons rotational velocities and momentum to accomplish this. Not to mention this will affect small orbital bodies such as asteroids/meteors etc., carefully plotted out courses will be altered and will assuredly result in earth strikes that will need to be prevented. Let me guess, y'all gonna throw a nuke at it with a tether?

[@Yamyatos]

@@n.0rr0.w Nobody is saying it's super easy, and all you just said is rather common knowledge concerning some / most space travel methods. However, while earth may not be the ideal place for it (not saying it's impossible) due to space debris, scientists write paper about the physical capabilities of these systems since the mid 20 century. So while you may not get funding for it until we solved a couple problems and concerns, if you say it's an idea without a future, you are disagreeing with the scientific consensus.

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These space videos are by far the best. Dyson Sphere, Stellar Engines, Asteroid Mining, Moon Base, Mars Base, Terraforming - amazing. We need more of them, way more :)

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I love how they have doubled their uploads this year and the production quslity hasnt changed. You go kurzgesagt!

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their quality has improved a lot actually

[@oobanoobaisterrible]

Wyatt Nooodles well that’s just even better

[@FREE_WILL_DEFENDER]

So true

[@TheBenduOrder]

It's like Interplanetary Angry Birds with more than one of this hooks!

[@j.prt.979]

The Bendu Except we’re hopefully not slamming our Angry Birds into large, destructible structures

[@matthewlobo254]

@@j.prt.979 the military would like that very much wouldn't it?

[@pritam4227]

@@matthewlobo254 thats true man

[@dongiorno3393]

Angry Birds Space it is

[@potatocat8384]

Lol

[@Nameless-yo3hl]

Can't wait until we will have our first Yeet Fleet.

[@ultraapple3997]

But there's a downside, nobody want have a big stupid dangerous thing in the sky

[@Nico1129x]

That will be the name

[@danielsanjuan7762]

@@ultraapple3997 isnt that dangerous unless it gets close to mountains cause it can stop the hook from moving

[@Blockenheimer]

@@danielsanjuan7762 mountains at most are only about 8 km tall, the bottom of the hook will be 10-20x higher, there is no danger of it hitting mountains. The only danger is if we use up too much momentum, and the hook falls into the atmosphere

[@danielsanjuan7762]

@@Blockenheimer well that sounds risky at the last part but it will help on colonizing the planets that could have life

[@justrandomcontent977]

Imagine seeing a skyhook just chilling in the night sky.

[@thecomet8759]

Would be the best day of my life

[@That-fallout-fan]

That would be eerily cool

[@Henry-I-H-N-I]

Wouldn’t it be moving very fast? That would be so cool!

[@superNova5837]

Someone’s intrusive thought probably “Grab onto it”

[@thesammo4499]

I really hope I'm gonna be around to see stuff like this happen

[@sebastiandevosi7043]

Sure you will don't worry you have long life

[@joweydelanota5558]

I hope im not alive to see an idiot investing on this idea. Do you have sny idea how many rps this tether would have to be spinning while sustaining orbital speed in order to become a viable choice of propulsion? Lol

[@robbieaulia6462]

@@joweydelanota5558 so what are you gonna do make a bunch of expensive reuseable nuclear fueled rocket like elon musk plan? If you want to do that you must use an energy source that is unlimited. Lets say we will need the dysons sphere first before we can do that

[@lucasmontec]

@@joweydelanota5558 I mean, do you? Have you done the math? Anyone with basic physics knowledge knows that it is clearly not about the RPS but about the length of the 'arm'. If the hook is long enough, even a really low RPS is enough for meaningful propulsion. Torque is a relation between the length of the arm, the force applied and the sin between the force direction and the radius direction. We are talking about a ~1000km cable with an asymmetrical weight. Also, since we are talking about space, the final velocity achieved by the hook is kept by the vehicle. Since the vehicle mass is way lower than the hook's mass, the energy transferred to the ship is significant.

[@adri94salts]

Climate change...

[@WeaveDreamer]

This is the Most impressive conservation of resources I've ever seen

[@gottfrid_n]

Kurzgesagt: Thanks Me: sky hook is a thing Kurzgesagt: its a teader

[@tigremonster1645]

The tether will end up wrapping it self up like a yoyo. Then your fucked. You ever played with a yo yo and fuck it up? Yes THAT is how its going to be.

[@Todestuete]

@@tigremonster1645 Are you serious?

[@melanch0lycat5393]

@@tigremonster1645 How the heck is it going to get tangled up when it's constantly spinning? Did you even watch the video?

[@tigremonster1645]

@@melanch0lycat5393 A yoyo works when everything is spinning in sync, but thats not always the case. do you even think on the situations?

[@fomalhaut_the_great]

Kurzgesagt: hope for humanity Me: *waiting for the drawback* ... ... ... :D

[@JamesQuintero18]

There's always a drawback! If everything was so peachy about a skyhook like he says, then NASA would already have plans or already implementing it. It's probably high cost, a logistical nightmare, or other reasons.

[@satanas1729]

@@JamesQuintero18 it's highly possible that the idea is new or that it wasn't verified with proper simulations before. Science takes time.

[@josephconway1526]

@@satanas1729 It is not as new as you may think. The idea goes all the way back to the 70's. You are correct on the need for technological development. After a study in 2001, NASA said that there are no "fundamental technical show-stoppers" but we are still a long way off from even testing it.

[@josephconway1526]

@@themachine9366 You are correct that there have been many tests with tethered satellites. I meant the full scale version. Sorry for the confusion.

[@dusty6299]

one day a giant skyhook will crash on earth.

[@el_chico1313]

i like how the most ancient technology known to humanity the slingshot gets its scifi treatment

[@ITZV2LT]

I feel like these guys are from the future and they're just telling us how to survive.

[@jrbcodes]

We ain't doing well then

[@masterblaster3653]

Most intelligent beings on earth Birds

[@minecrafting_il]

@@masterblaster3653 Birbs*

[@skylynx8326]

Then we gonna die if we don’t do anything lmao

[@quas392]

hitchhiker's guide to the future

[@paulpruett7956]

Imagine messing up the calculus and getting flung straight into the surface at Mach 10

[@garethrees6795]

Paul Pruett talk about a one way trip to mars😂😂😂

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Overnight shipping or it's free!

[@ThePandarrrr]

Sweet

[@nickmcdonald3083]

It's trig not calc

[@VROGamers]

i mean... that would leave quite an impact :3

[@mangoshi1251]

“Grandpa, how did we first get reliable access to Mars?” “Ah, the space yeeter.”

[@edggui5860]

Hehehehehe

[@jerry3306]

Haha yeet

[@Finkers1988]

Ah yes, the first ships to fly to mars: the yeet-fleet

[@sanjaynarkhede7797]

Its is not yetter its tether

[@319B]

Y E E T

[@AlbertoRodriguez-oe6jo]

The part where this idea was not obliterated down to the ground was surprising, and if that's the case, this is the next big thing related to space I'm really looking forward to.

[@nels6991]

“Phobos is so heavy we don’t need to worry about slowing it down.” .... let’s hope the math is right on that

[@Kredige]

The amazing thing about stuff in a stable orbit is that they remain stable even if you mess with their velocities. It changes the shape of the orbit and the distance between them, but if the change in velocity is slow enough it will remain stable. The reason the International Space Station can't just rely on this is that it's too close to earth's thick atmosphere, but that not really a problem 6000km above Mars.

[@cherrydragon3120]

I mean... phobos is so much heavier then ANY cargo we would send up in space... Even if velocity slowed down. It would be like 0.000000000000000000000000001% per trip or even less. Making it pretty much impossible for phobos to slow down enough for it to be unusable as tether for the next 10 Millenia at the very least

[@Moechtegernpilot1]

It will give colonists a lot of ahem headaches...

[@ATFPredator]

LOL!!!! - since if it's not the entire system goes FUBAR and there's no way of compensating since it's already deployed.

[@TieJote]

@@Kredige Are you saying that if we slow down phobos, it just adjusts its orbit to 6000.0000001 km?

[@MrWAREO777]

Kurzgesagt: Space tether Me an intelectual: Sky Trebuchet

[@RaviRathore7]

Catapult better.. Hate comments incoming.

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Ahh a man of culture, I can see

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@@RaviRathore7 WRONG

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@@RaviRathore7 Listen here you little shit

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@@seamossyt YES

[@FALslayer]

Imagine studying economics on an interplanetary scale that'd be next level.

[@jellymc2877]

I'd be so excited to do that.

[@AntiNeon4681]

Imagine a World War?

[@kinoko87_b]

Hmm...if we harvest the Ploxanium we could get 500k per kilogram, but if we harvest Slovenarium we could get 100k per 1/2 of a kilogram and its easy to find, while Ploxanium is harder...which one should we harvest?

[@Tylernal]

supermacro economics

[@imaginationcore2104]

@@AntiNeon4681 *worlds war

[@williamknox4303]

There is one component here (That I can see) that would make this incredibly more difficult than it appears to be. In their video, Kurzgesagt noted that the tether would (at its lowest point) be at 80-100km going mach 12. For context, the fastest air breathing jet ever built is widely considered to be the SR71 Blackbird, which could climb to an altitude of roughly 85,000 feet (26km) and sustain a speed of mach 3.14. Constructing an aircraft that can fly at about 4 times faster and higher than this while carrying a substantial amount of passengers/cargo would be insanely difficult. I know Kurzgesagt addressed this in their video too when they said; ""We will need specialized spacecraft to get to the tether, while this isn't exactly easy [its better than rockets]." I just felt like this specific challenge could be covered a bit more in depth. I still agree with Kurzgesagt that this concept is way better than rockets however, also this was just my 2 cents. I am no aeronautical engineer and if I got anything wrong here then I am open to constructive criticism because I am like everyone else here in that I think it would be cool to learn something new today.

[@lukesenseney1045]

To be fair, the aircraft doesn't have to be going that fast. It just has to rendezvous with something going that fast. Coordinating and surviving that much acceleration would be hard, but easier than flying to that speed.

[@reedfagan8330]

@@lukesenseney1045 Yeah, what seems like an important point to me is the amount of G-force that would be experienced by ship travelers as they use this method. Seems like it would be very intense.

[@chrisstevens1180]

We could also use a giant cannon to launch payloads to the tether sure we would not be able to send living people but it would still allow for probes and building materials aswell as fuel tanks

[@Apature-Science]

we could also make a bigger tether if we have stong materials

[@brianhowe201]

I think we would need small rockets to reach it in the first place.

[@victorl6509]

Me watching a Kurzgesagt video: Man, the future looks so exciting Me turning on the news: *Unintelligible screeching*

[@victorl6509]

@@chyza2012 Yes, I do. Sundays man

[@kragoth]

Didn't we stop watching news after 2012?

[@giftapfel]

democrats: TRUMPS A PIECE OF SHIT republicans: no u and then vice versa when republicans accuse democrats.

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@@giftapfel more like: democrats: Trump just admitted to impeachable offences on TV and you're literally running paedophiles and neo-nazis for office! republicans: lalala, can't hear you over the sound of money we are getting from the coal, oil, health"care" and military industrial complex; also benghazi, pizzagate, obummer kenya muslim, BJ in the WH, _autistic screeching_

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@@giftapfel yeah, those autistic, silly democrats, insisting on things like "facts" and "objective reality"! get on with the times! there are alternative facts, and besides, " Don’t believe what you’re reading or seeing" /s

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Major problem needs solution Elon musk: orbit refuel Nasa: more money Kurzgesagt: *FFFFFLIIINGGGG*

[@IIIRobIII]

*YEET*

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Glenn Renner XDD FFFFFLLLLIIINNNGGGG ppl to MARS

[@neatpolygons8500]

@@IIIRobIII BIG SPACE YEET STICK!

[@aronlinde1723]

Best reason to have high atmospheric refueling is getting a station on the moon. We need an industrial infrastructure to build orbital platforms. I wish we invested in a rail lift platform. The US has a perfect launching region that most of the world lacks. The desert of the southwest US is ideal for it.

[@joakimhagen8428]

Use fuel as the tether weight, refuel as you get flung!

[@teslaromans1023]

Is anyone else getting super enthusiastic about things like that and almost mad that they’re not being done already ?

[@How_To_Play1]

governments dont care about this stuff because the people in power will die before it will ever happen so they give 0 fucks. US military has a $900 billion budget while nasa has $20 billion

[@kugaththeplaguefather6332]

@@How_To_Play1 Yo Fr? that's fucking insane

[@tommymician121]

@@kugaththeplaguefather6332 Yeah, some universities are almost as wealthy as NASA

[@siddharthavhad7956]

forreal yo

[@djkush4209]

@@How_To_Play1 then again with that $900 billion dollar budget, the USA is the sole super power of the world and could take on the next top 5-7 nations

[@SquirrelTheSquirrel]

I love this idea. I once read a book about people who used rocket propelled counterweight and centrifugal force as an elevator to orbit. It was a funky work of fiction.

[@starting7725]

People in 1990s:In 2050 we’re going to colonized planets easily with super fast engines and complex stuff 2050: rope

[@rileysrandom9835]

I mean its true

[@daveshusband2606]

@Killerpu Playz well isn't that ironic

[@starboi141]

@Ali Fatih Yılmaz How can you expect humanity to build some kind of spacecraft, when even the cure for Covid - 19 isn't done yet?

[@souffle420]

If it seems stupid but works well then it's not stupid.

[@Ash-em5pm]

@@starboi141idk about that mate, I just got vaccinated for covid a week ago.

[@AnthonyJohnson-nf4ue]

I've noticed an improvement in the quality of videos lately and i like it

[@andreiiimiguel]

Trueeee

[@minruliu7710]

So true

[@quinn5213]

The videos were always good. These are definitely better

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

damn where'd you get that 200 likes so fast

[@MortyMortyMorty]

Their quality is the best on youtube right now. Amazing videos! The best channel by far!

[@Moon_Jam08]

In the future: "OMG mom, I will be late for Christmas, I friggin' missed the space hook"

[@hashkeeper]

Excellent comment hahaha

[@ActuallyRocatex]

wait like 3 hours and try again

[@ShawnLH88]

Aldrich Luna I don’t think Religion (like Christmas is about) will exist much in interplanetary future. People will finally abandon that fairy tale since science will always win

[@rasmuswaagoe]

@@ShawnLH88 I don't really think Christmas is about religion anymore. It has become tradition and is more about being with family and such values

[@elgato9o]

@@ShawnLH88 and who in their right mind would choose to ignore a holiday where you are free from work and get presents? What a foolish comment

[@chair._]

I can't imagine all the brain-melting calculations and problem solving you would need to be able to catch rockets with one spinning tether orbiting a moving planet or moon to another spinning tether orbiting another moving planet or moon 💀

[@Triobian]

thats why funding stem is important. astonomy, engineering, and math. plug those into a computer and it now is possible

[@chair._]

@@Triobian true, but sadly the government probably wouldnt pour billions to make this idea into a reality anytime soon...

[@akhipazham7270]

IKR The physics & maths involved would be soooooooooooo high level and we have to fool proof it

[@vitcermak7737]

In the end, it's just about the calculation, it needs to be very precise and very reliable. I'd say we've got technology for it, just another C program running with enough computation power. What I'd worry about tho is the dread when on one day, you get production bug, meaning there is a rocket which missed it's sling and is now on its way to exit solar system. That's gonna cause some headaches..

[@voodoominerman]

Honestly, I don't think it's all that complicated. You know how much momentum the skyhook transfers when it yeets a payload, because you designed it. You know the mass of the payload, because you approved it. Using those, you can calculate the velocity that the skyhook will accelerate a given payload to. At this point, it becomes the same as flying a conventional rocket to another celestial body. You can precisely calculate arrival time because the orbits of those celestial bodies don't change. Yes, you're aiming for a moving target from a moving platform, but you know precisely where both you and the target are going to be at any given moment. Once the payload is at it's destination, you just do the same thing in reverse. You know how much momentum you need to arrest, you know the capabilities of your skyhook. It's basically just a matter of not accidentally over or underspinning the skyhook, which is basically down to good planning and emergency engines.

[@anthonyjackalone1846]

Imagine missing the receiving tether and getting yeeted across the galaxy...

[@fixablehalo]

Oh heck

[@Zer0_Flowers]

Well, better hope you don’t have motion sickness

[@steffen5121]

Shieeeet

[@allenwright123]

I was thinking when he started talking bout Mercury and Venus, "What if we miss the rope?" that's a straight shot to a burning death.

[@damakuno]

I'd imagine they could fling the ship into orbit, so that it can try catching it again in the event of a mishap, that or the ship has enough fuel on board to make adjustments to its trajectory

[@BriarRH]

Kurzgesat: here's some cool space stuff Sci-fi writers: _its free real eastate_

[@Ristaak]

If you like this stuff check out Isaac Arthur (it's a youtube channel called exactly that) it talks about megastructures and engineering projects aliens and humanity might do both in the near and far futures. His most popular and one of my favorite series he does is Civilizations at the End of Time, talking about how civilziations might survive the entropic ends of the universe for basically as long as possible without needing to violate the known laws of physics.

[@teemomain9482]

The book Seveneves uses the same technology discuss here.

[@ipotatosenpai7002]

Holy shit that's so meee

[@martonnagy1043]

@@teemomain9482 I hope we dont need to wait till the moon explodes and 5000 years.

[@neegas3490]

Tbh

[@therustysproductions562]

scientist 1: How could we make getting onto our tether easier? scientist 2: what if we put a tether... on the tether (3:18)

[@denyraw]

Tetherseption

[@AngelicDirt]

Yo dawg...

[@DoctorpooandtheTURDIS]

*BWAAAAAAAAAM*

[@42c28]

He's too dangerous to be kept alive

[@JayPatel-ug1nh]

😮

[@eeti5658]

this is one of the vary rare kurzgesagt videos that not only gives me knowledge but also hope, the others are great but they're usually about subjects I'll never see or have anything to do with so this is great (hopefully, i swear if i never see this in my next 60-70 years of life i will throw an old man fit)

[@z.xdtcfy]

"Oops we missed the Martian tether. Welp, we're in an expedition to the asteroid belt."

[@yakarotsennin3115]

Ishaz Balao To Jupiter and Beyond!!

[@theonejackal89]

To be fair, its the same idea for Aircraft on Earth. And besides, there'd probably be more tethers than just 1.

[@sarcasticguy7771]

@@theonejackal89 Except if you miss on Earth, you actually have a chance of surviving

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

@@theonejackal89 what. the only place we catapult airplanes is on aircraft carriers. because the deck is to short to get the speed needed for takeoff with engines alone....

[@ThomasNing]

Fireice 999 but aircraft can try again multiple times. No such thing with 0/minimal propellant craft.

[@RGBY-tv4hg]

The last words NASA heard from the rocket: *“Go long”*

[@ishaqtayab4965]

Lol!

[@nixpaFPS]

The profile pic and name makes me think all u do is just comment. Lol

[@LuckyTaco-1]

More like YEET

[@opheluna]

"Grover go long."

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[Hah!]_*

[@Max-yu7rh]

“All roads lead to rome” And some day it will be “All skyhooks lead to earth”

[@hanro50]

Or mars apparently

[@aneutralopinion1712]

Lol yeah but what does Mars look like

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

First you need to find mars, so you could travel back to earth...

[@korhone7077]

Matthew Cavallaro what is ironic about it? It is certainly a funny coincidence but ironic? No.

[@David-lc9zn]

Mars would probably become the industrial center and Earth would become a haven for humanity.

[@BartyTheParty]

This is such a cool idea I'm actually crying over it right now.

[@legoman1690]

In 2019, Kurzgesagt taught us that "Yeet" was in fact the solution

[@Chibbygaming]

Yeah Dude obviously... Geez c'mon! am I right Caitlyn! *high five*

[@Mgl1206]

Caitlyn April riiiiighhhhttttt

[@tf2oshaaa]

Caitlyn April what an intellectual brainlet

[@theoffbeatninja610]

Nice pfp OP

[@theoffbeatninja610]

But yes indeed. It's all a matter of the velocity and trajectory of the yeet. Once you've figured that out, there's no limit to how far you'll yeet!

[@The199]

Kurzgesagt : "There's no excuse to wait any longer" Entities powerful enough to do this : "Let's wait a little longer"

[@naveenarora6467]

EKHmmm cough(U.S)

[@Hopeitsagood1]

@@naveenarora6467 Nah, return on investment seems like it'll take a while and the US is going broke

[@chandra6063]

@@naveenarora6467 It's not the US's job to propel humanity and they have already a shit ton of things to deal with.

[@Ze_eT]

@@chandra6063 Like corona, which they are not dealing with at all, and a president who did almost nothing good up to this point.

[@listenorelse_]

Just tell them that it will make it rain oil!

[@gmrn3014s]

the fact that theres no unstoppable obstacle and no reality check really caught me off guard there

[@pranavtripathi6336]

@GamerBoyYT did they say something wrong? I think it's grammatically correct.

[@mihailyantsen7598]

Any human would die instantly from centrifugal force, and that’s not even 1% of unfixable problems with that idea.

[@garrettb845]

@@mihailyantsen7598 that's not true at all.

[@quasar2115]

The problem is that currently we don't have any aircraft that can reach 80-150km altitudes, so we need to develop railgun launch and scramjet propulsion tech before we get started on the skyhook

[@ronaldbarrstow3539]

@@quasar2115 but we do have rockets. Building one to reach a tether instead of orbit allows it to transport more payload for less fuel. Not to mention that they regularly reach the speeds necessary to catch up to a tether during the first third of their flight profile. They're no need for specific spaceplanes immediately, you could make this work with conventional rocketry.

[@magical_Crossong]

No matter how many times I watch your videos, I always am fascinated how much information you pack in them.

[@TheArnal503]

Kurzgesagt: Tether Me, an intellectual: *SPACE YEETER*

[@frapzilla98]

Good trip? Good yeet

[@dustyrean]

Me XD

[@lucastornado9496]

Ngl...

[@spicygoodness3573]

God I hate you so much lmao

[@nonamea9177]

Indeed

[@Winther83]

"invest in passenger comfort" -- Airline Companies has left the chat--

[@austinn_6161]

Freddie Does Stuff lol

[@lorelo.]

But if it's for more money you get comfort? * Airline companies has entered the chat *

[@Winther83]

make backroom deal between each other cram as many as you can into the ship without comfort in mind just horrible enough that they still come back. have the same price tag since there is no choice. common and standard tactic and money is more important than the traveler. so i don't think they are coming back.

[@Dr8cul4]

Lorelo DahWeirdo no one cares

[@MatterBeamTSF]

This is really important if you want passengers to sit in your transport for 3 months!

[@GlassFedDockterr]

“Mars’ moons are very convenient” *Heavy metal intensifies*

[@jovalleau]

DOOM?

[@francisdolarhyde7286]

@@jovalleau Indeed

[@anggastapratama2370]

Reloading super shotgun

[@ultimaxkom8728]

**Rip and Tear intensifies**

[@jasonc584]

*BFG DIVISION INTENSIFIES*

[@kenerique7061]

I’m fully convinced Kurzgesagt it just giving advise to all the world’s governments on why this is a good idea and why we should make long term investments.

[@UlfarFreyrSigurgeirsson]

We need a Kurzgesagt game with all of these things and same artwork, that would be cool.

[@anshroow]

That's such a good idea. I would so play that! 😃

[@theterrificturtwig5742]

Something like the Dyson Sphere video "game", this would be a great feature!

[@devinfaux6987]

Kurzgesagt Space Program

[@weavelcow9596]

The game would be like Civ, that even takes you to the space age

[@jespergauhl6611]

Don't forget ANTS!

[@DidntKnowWhatToPut1]

Now I watch and read a lot of sci-fi and this is the first time I've come accross this idea. I'm stunned.

[@SobelTomas]

Try Asimov.

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

Clearly you haven't watched any Isaac Arthur.

[@puncheex2]

Arthur C. Clark's Fountains of Paradise is all about a tether, though it's one that is anchored on earth.

[@WillBilliam]

That’s because there is no “fi” in this “sci”

[@amos9274]

@@WillBilliam there is lol that shit would be impossible to build and mantain

[@andrewmartin9379]

I went my entire impressionable childhood without the slightest interest in space. Your space tech videos are what first got me interested in space. Now I can’t get enough.

[@Mighty2107]

Three letters to consider: KSP

[@Noedell]

@@mxdanger 4 Letters?

[@Mighty2107]

@@mxdanger not yet but soon

[@theplague5803]

Man, how lucky we were to get more than 6 plants each with their own unique resources and advantages

[@O2F2]

A lot of planets in our galaxy could provide the same resources as any of the rocky or gaseous planets, the only special one is earth

[@matthewpoile1195]

Who would get to mars first: Goliath super-powered rockets David and his ropey boi

[@msergio0293]

Hahahahaha

[@DylanBegazo]

Matthew Poile My money is always on David and Ropey Boii

[@SCRKT007]

Earth Empire Battlecruiser mk.I [Mothership B.E.H.E.M.O.T.H]

[@mikomihael6478]

SFS Sandbox mode rocket

[@ievanpolkka1738]

Snoop dog:hold my weed

[@andrewkim9894]

*Skyhook throws me into the sun* Kurzgesagt: YEEEEET

[@lobaandrade7172]

Kurzgesagt: *hits blunt* what if we yeet people into space?

[@andrewkim9894]

@@lobaandrade7172 THE YEET STRING

[@ethanpet113]

It's actually very difficult to fall into the sun. But you can get locked into a rather toasty orbit.

[@famousplan2693]

@@ethanpet113 An orbit that over millions of years would mean that your final resting place would be inside the sun.

[@runningwithSaul]

Wow guys! You are so good at imitating Kurz!

[@lukakatavich8843]

I love how this design doesn’t use any complicated machinery or crazy ideas. It’s just simple physics!

[@ryanvandoren1519]

The real design would be very complex....

[@F4c2a]

...I'm pretty sure there'd be some insanely crazy physics involved trying to catch a space ship with a 120000mph slingshot.

[@scoops2]

You know those highly complex military jets that line up with another plan to refeul mid air? We need those but way more precise and at much higher speeds and altitudes.

[@acynder1]

@@F4c2a Imagine the forces implied in such a device, humans are really fragile you know?

[@that_one_guy934]

@@scoops2 Summery of Scoops: We need better Mil Jets

[@Four_the_Algebralian]

This is seriously my favorite megastructure of all time OMG!!! I remember making a huge plushie of one last summer and watching this video with her and saying “that’s you”. And I’d spin her in circles until she hit the wall and my mum told me to stop “hitting the skyhook on the walls” and I was like “ok” and I still did it anyway lol! I’m literally addicted to this specific video on a hilariously unhealthy level and every now and then, at family gatherings, I’ll just tell my relatives random skyhook facts and they’ll look at me like 😐 and then I pull out *the skyhook plush* I love your videos and I *friggin’ love Skyhooks!!* ❤️🌎🐦‍⬛

[@YapathyNeverShutsUp]

"like a catapult" I think you mean like a trebuchet, the superior siege engine.

[@5000mahmud]

achillesRising, the Knight of Rage back to reddit

[@diegosanchez894]

90kg, 300m. Need I say more?

[@pietervannes4476]

trebuchets are catapults though

[@luizfelipedeoliveiraandrad888]

@@pietervannes4476 SHUT

[@unclekanethetiberiummain1994]

@@pietervannes4476 Degenrates like you, belong on the cross.

[@muhammadabdullahwaseem3040]

Good luck making sense of the replies

[@mightbeaperson7262]

It’s a cool spinning rope

[@gabrielpineirogarcia2078]

Fidget spinner = infinite momentum

[@EvonixTheGreatest]

We haven't met any aliens, maybe they use more advanced spinning ropes, larger, spinnier

[@steffen5121]

We're environmentally friendly, compared to the aliens... 0 CO2 or whatever will pollute the universe in the future...

[@cooleKinder]

You mean *SHIPYEETER*

[@deathbyseatoast8854]

Sci-fi: “We can travel the solar system with great rocket ships and warp speed technology” Real life: *S H I P Y E E T E R*

[@biccracccb9442]

Nobody This comment: S H I P Y E E T E R

[@Nico-dt5hu]

Nobody The reply above me : Nobody This Comment : S H I P Y E E T E R

[@finjaquetemumnomeaqui4838]

Nobody: The Nobody meme: Overused This Joke: Original

[@mcthrull7417]

Nobody: Nobody: Nobody:

[@essae9066]

Nobody This comment: SHIPYEETER

[@dustyartz4108]

I know this video is 2 years old now… but this is still one of my bigger space dreams. Idk if there’s any updates but I hope those are positive

[@johnsonfromml8662]

Me too, this 4 years old video i will always remember as a dream to achieve in my life

[@drrubi3944]

FYI: T-Mobile customers won’t have internet on the Skyhook, because tethering is not included with their contract.

[@weirdyoda04]

That's why I dropped them!

[@JohnDoe722]

Trippy, tethering is included with mine?

[@paytyler]

Haha.

[@n0rdlys_40]

Aliens: So how did you conquered a quarter of the Galaxy? Humans: We attached a can to another can using a rope

[@toasterkolin9951]

Aliens: Really? We did that too!

[@sonofniptwit]

: )

[@RavenWolffe77]

. Humans: We attached a can to another can using a rope, and then used it to fire Kinetic Kill Vehicles FTFY

[@chasetoyama8184]

Aliens: aah yes, the galactic trebuchet Don’t get technical with me here, I know it’s not galactic

[@sneakyturtle1117]

Humans: we are trying make a dyson sphere but it will take a while. What about you......

[@cl4655]

Humans in the future when they find resources in another planet: Lets put a spaceship yeeter

[@undercookedc.1634]

Launch in T minus 3... 2... 1... *YEET*

[@ThaSPAWN]

"Spaceshit Yeeter" - Much more sound than Skyhook, rly...

[@WackoMcGoose]

As someone that's a professional parcel yeeter (sorry, _Postal Support Employee,_ I'm a back-office clerk), I can get behind this. "Oh shit, I just yeeted the spaceship into Route 12's hamper instead of Route 15..."

[@Coplanersirtax9]

It's funny seeing people that think they know more about this subject than literal scientists that spend years studying the subject and have a PhD in it

[@erei-i]

1900’s: We’ll be making flying cars! 2050: lol let’s conquer the solar system with *r o p e*

[@chrisspecht2988]

Arguably cooler

[@juststevoo]

_N Y L O N_

[@yurigouveawagner9432]

you yeet the fleet and... that's eet

[@Alex-02]

@@chrisspecht2988 Arguable? Not even. Non-negotiable? Yes.

[@theacegamingdemon6983]

the peasant's sling is apperantly the ultimate technology. why stick to just throwing rocks when you can throw SPACESHIPS

[@MGSLurmey]

Kurzgesagt really should start a yearly convention for one of these achievable concepts, such as Tethers or the Moon Base. If you got Kurzgesagt fans to come along and actually made it a real event, it would get much more attention from the media and lots more people would be thinking about it! More awareness means more pressure on governments and companies to consider it, increasing the likelihood of it actually happening!

[@krelito438]

i concur

[@poojachoudary6909]

Like the comment so kurzgesagt could read it

[@k3nsh0.]

Right now I'm 15 but my dream is to make this happen in my lifetime 🤞🏼‼️

[@anajaquez3441]

expensive

[@ethanjensen1445]

Start protest so nasa listens to these videos

[@BAYERNsupporter]

Kurzegesagt is the only KZbin channel that can say that they were ahead of their time

[@akes9793]

Scientists when thinking of how to get to space: Maybe just the tip.

[@fleurgymcheurgy9267]

I'm afraid to like this mecause right now it's at '666'

[@Thuammm_7]

It's all fun and games until you miss the other skyhook and just sit there like: "ahh crap I hope there's one on Jupiter"

[@duck1sgood]

It's all fun and games until you miss the last skyhook and just sit there like: "Welp I guess we're going to Alpha Centauri"

[@TalynCo]

"Well guess we're gonna go see what the voyager probes are up to."

[@ely2445]

The space equivalent of missing your highway's exit

[@Incrazyboyy]

@@ely2445 exept the highway is infinite with no other exits

[@jasonbradley7082]

uhm honey did you just miss our exit

[@annika4545]

* pokes NASA with stick * "Do something."

[@somethinggood8272]

They would but all the money goes to the military, kinda sad.

[@BitcoinMotorist]

Why would you assume it should be NASA doing this? NASA doesn't want to build the infrastructure that could see its tax cattle flee Earth

[@David-ys4ud]

@@somethinggood8272 your statement is so incredibly false. The military's budget is dwarfed by Medicare and Medicaids budgets.

[@annika4545]

@@BitcoinMotorist I don't know. Let SpaceX do it then🤷‍♀️

[@BitcoinMotorist]

@@annika4545 Believe it or not I am not an Elon Musk fanboy. Hopefully SpaceX gets some free market competition eventually

[@soup9242]

What is the most efficient way to get to Mars? SpaceX: Use a luxury rocket with plenty of room and things to do to take the astronauts all the way there in one go. NASA: Use a multi-purpose rocket that has barely any room and just stuff the astronauts in there for 6 months with no regard about whether they have claustrophobia or not. Kurzgesagt Space Agency: rocket go *YEET*

[@fireaza]

Problem: It's expensive and inefficient to use rockets to send stuff to space. Scientist (possibly high): "What if we, like, threw the rockets real hard?"

[@hojdoj3567]

*yeet the rockets real hard

[@evanescentenquirer2684]

*Elon Musk on weed

[@nick673]

Yea like a catapult

[@drike_12]

@@CodeCombine No u

[@RaskaTheFurry]

Throw ? Yeet

[@lucasheafner32]

NASA: we dont get enough money Kurzgesagt: Let me introduce myself

[@pardn]

And then the government sees they can spend less money and reduces funding even more.

[@MladenMijatov]

NASA gets more money than you'd think. Their budget is higher than SpaceX, ESA, JAXA and others. They are just more inefficient.

[@piingufps]

@@MladenMijatov Umm.. SpaceX is a private company, while NASA is getting money from the US goverment :)

[@thatonedude6922]

@@MladenMijatov nasa gets barely any money compared to u.s military

[@__-yz1ob]

@@piingufps Spacex receives huge amounts of money as private contracts from nasa

[@johnnow4944]

I was waiting for the "BUT"

[@branchbutler8356]

Mr.Choklad *cough* Elon musk

[@cowlinator]

BUT, Boeing's Hypersonic Airplane Space Tether Orbital Launch (HASTOL) study concluded that substantial improvement in technology would be needed. In particular, there was concern that the best available material for the tether, Spectra 2000 (a kind of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene), would be rapidly eroded by atomic oxygen.

[@garrett7754]

@@cowlinator consider a sheath of vacuum sealed material around it? The sling will need some mechanism for moving the payloads up and down anyway.

[@mr2octavio]

But climate change will kill all of us before that.

[@bruhtonbruhkkinson6848]

@@mr2octavio Very alarmist I see, with sufficient preparation-humanity could easily survive.

[@expertbandit6489]

For fucks sake this KZbin channel is finna accelerate our civilization growth rate by a millions of years

[@a1r592]

"We missed mercury..." *oh shi-*

[@subhasisbiswas1113]

Dang... RIP

[@dmax1]

Straight to the sun lmao

[@Aaron-ew5zw]

"This will sure brighten our day"

[@benzenehydrocarbon]

*oh fuck*

[@kebien6020]

@@dmax1 Isn't the sun actually hard to reach? You'd have to accelerate a lot in the oposite direction of your "orbit" to be able to fall into the sun.

[@luisdavidgonzalezcarmona3805]

Elon Musk after watching this video: "I'm proud to announce the start of my new company: TetherX"

[@cmk9089]

Nathaniel Davis *Not another trebuchet company

[@grenzviel4480]

TrebuchetX*

[@zaaer8592]

@@grenzviel4480 pronounced trebushex

[@davecrupel2817]

@Nathaniel Davis hahaha i really like that name!

[@Wolfboy_109]

i would invest in that

[@heyboss1684]

NASA: every decade we will make a new space shuttle Kurzgesagt: what about a ball and a rope?

[@NeoEureka]

Hey Boss space shuttle program was closed my guy

[@Nikotin-lu1xo]

tether and ball torture

[@theexam7394]

Space Shuttle program was stopped after Atlantis' final flight about 7 years ago. USA has relied on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft since then.

[@heyboss1684]

@@theexam7394 it's a joke m8

[@theexam7394]

@@heyboss1684 the first part didn't seem like a joke, but I get the second part. Just wanted to inform you about the space shuttle program.

[@ngocnv371]

Imagine a world where the leaders understand science and want to progress humanity.

[@MangoMarc]

"it's like going up a mountain on a unicycle with a backpack full of explosives" So like Death Stranding?

[@montez00ma20]

Underrated comment 👍

[@anoudathinthanongsack1232]

Yeah

[@DarkAngelEU]

He said explosives, not your mum.

[@verdatum]

Shoot, I call that "Tuesday".

[@tomshue9630]

​@@DarkAngelEU don't forget the nuke in the south knot city

[@JakeHerreramaybe]

Kurzgesagt: Making me feel like I’ve been born in the wrong time since 2019

[@felipemachado963]

Born too late for the Age of Discovery but born too early for the Space Exploration lol

[@xxdragonrenderxx]

@@felipemachado963 still have the Amazon the Ocean and the Sahara there is a portion of the amazon the size of the Indian subcontinent unexplored, lidar has shown evidence of a lost culture there that got wiped by small pox and the cities overgrow after the first time a European went

[@Illusion-clock]

@@xxdragonrenderxx that's like saying there's a shop in the mall you haven't visited yet

[@titusorelius9458]

Don't worry. The Immortality Pill is just around the corner.

[@xxdragonrenderxx]

@@Illusion-clock But there is plenty of ruins to investigate and a culture to learn about sure we "know" what is there but we haven't seen it much. There is still plenty to learn about it new pants and animals to discover, but I agree it would have been a lot cooler a couple hundred years ago.

[@PaintToSample]

Alien with a pair of scissors: *I'm 'bout to end this man's whole career.*

[@bingusaerospace]

Marino MacDonald nononononononono

[@deleetiusproductions3497]

No, no don’t do that! *I can still find my way out of here! **_This isn’t over yet! NO! I WILL FIND YOU, NO NO NO NO NO NO..._*

[@plant5875]

or just, anyone with a pair of scissors.

[@ThreeBeeHDb]

@@plant5875 2:20 - Nah, only aliens with their advanced scissors.

[@ThreeBeeHDb]

@@deleetiusproductions3497 Aliens: Now that's a lotta damage!

[@beanboiz3381]

I'm 14 and I'm really hoping I can see this kind of stuff happen one day!

[@Oeltanker]

No you wont putin will come with his nuclear bombs before that

[@pedromartins6810]

Im 17 and the idea that when I become 80 and my family might take me on a trip to space is wild

[@Heloobehappy]

U want some candy?

[@basvandepitte2917]

@@Heloobehappy dude, so uncool, they clearly have a passion

[@Blackholeguy-c2b]

@@Heloobehappy Ur so immature bro WTF so rude

[@jupitersgodzilla7114]

Sounds like an excellent game idea... Skyhook: The Better Space Elevator

[@BenFromAmerica]

Jupiter's Godzilla Don’t diss my boy, the space elevator, like that.

[@puffpuffpass3214]

@@BenFromAmerica I think it'll pan out

[@TheObsidianX]

let’s compromise, we put a skyhook on they the same counterweight as a space elevator, you ride the elevator up to where the space hook flys by and get launched without an engines involved.

[@kdbrown777]

Space Stranding.

[@InternationalGriffin]

Orbital Rings will really blow your mind.

[@sgxpress95]

Dating apps today, "Hook up with people nearby!" Dating apps of tomorrow, "Hook up with people on Mars!"

[@jovalleau]

If we don't meat an "untimely" end, there will be a time when Mars is "nearby." Too bad we'll miss it.

[@exLightningg]

"Interplanetary girls in your area, Click here!"

[@justaguycalledjosh]

maybe one day we'll see dating apps with a species dropdown menu when you sign up.

[@adnauseam412]

Damnnn boii

[@CowyC]

Cyanide and happiness reference?

[@LOCALIZACIONREMOTA]

"Hey Ferb, i know what we are going to do today"

[@PallabDutt]

I'm gonna tell that shit to mom.

[@hey_therexd]

Who is Ferb?

[@ahaokatano3153]

@@hey_therexd Phineas and Ferb

[@hey_therexd]

@@ahaokatano3153 I still dont recognise them, is this some kind of a show or what?

[@loretus3512]

@@hey_therexd yeah

[@CaspersUniverse]

This is a great video! Really loved how the swinging animations made it clear what was happening, very interesting!

[@jacobapap3515]

Everybody else: *researching different kinds of super expensive fuels to help us travel throughout the solar system* Skyhook: *y* *e* *e* *t*

[@lau6438]

ehh? who's researching super expensive fuels?

[@tylerbrashear9693]

I mean I watched a video about how a really big cannon could potentially be better then a rocket for getting us into space.

[@ufuker5754]

@@tylerbrashear9693 build a vacuum tunnel inside a Mountain than yeet giant cargo with railgun it is comperesan between a railrod to one time use lomborgini there is no competion here actualy no govermant actualy care about space travel they dont have foresight

[@thiccchungo1041]

This spaceship empty *YEET*

[@blehh_mae]

people making up high tech concepts to go to space faster and better,and then someone just came in and went "let me introdce.. the science of YEETERY"

[@CapyMartinBara]

Me: So basically a giant trebuchet in the sky King Edward: *YES*

[@Jordan-vr7ip]

Space wolf lol.

[@niccolorichter1488]

Hammer of the spice ships !

[@RedHotBagel]

It's only a trebuchet if it is from the Trebuchet region of France - else, it is just a sparkling catapult!

[@kingle1944]

Martin XY Son: mom where is dad going Mom: he’s going up to the giant trebuchet in the sky Son: he’s gonna die!? Mom: no he’s going to visit mars for work related purposes

[@user-vp9lc9up6v]

*Discovers Oil on a distant planet* US: "Theres no time for caution"

[@kazimierasmickus8097]

One of Jupiter moon ( i think Titan) have few K times more oil that earth.

[@BobSmith-cg2ek]

@@kazimierasmickus8097 Oil comes from biological life, meaning if we found oil on an alien planet the actual oil would be the least of our discoveries

[@timh.6872]

Titan has metric craptons of methane already cooled and pressurized into a liquid. Methane is a simple enough chemical that it can form abiotically.

[@scottbradley2771]

😂

[@heckyes]

That planet is in serious need of Democracy all of a sudden.

[@noahnatanson7571]

The video was amazing , and it opened me up to a whole new world of ideas about our world/universe. Thankyou