1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook

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FIRST

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Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Congrats on 10 mil

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Wait 3 days ago

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Hey 10 mil

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@@nasirgoldbourne47 No one cares.

[@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

[@CommunistSubRex]

*12,019

[@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.

[@peytonwm]

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

[@AtlasStation-hu4fz]

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

[@user-ty2fn2db8g]

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

[@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

[@divyansharse38]

Easy and effective!

[@user-fs7zv5zj6h]

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

[@r2d2fromstartrack83]

No, the eye is not here go away nomai

[@chelseagonzales7584]

Haha!

[@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

[@mx.horrorwood5003]

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.

[@underpussy_]

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]

@@underpussy_ 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

[@BioTheHuman]

​@@underpussy_Not 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.

[@tkhero7045]

this is cool and all but just imagine the horror you'd feel missing the tether on your return trip to earth or Mars

[@skootties]

I guess you'd still need rocket propulsion as a failsafe. You wouldn't have rockets on the vehicles themselves because the whole point is to phase out rockets, but could rescue vehicles be stationed in orbit to catch anyone that got away?

[@fatboychummy]

The tethers fling you much much faster than a normal rocket flies. The amount of fuel required to do a recovery would be more fuel than we have on earth, most likely, as not only would you have to catch up to them (ie you'd need to be flying faster), you'd need to also be able to invert your direction of travel and then slow down again when returning to the planet. Even then, would both crafts have enough oxygen to survive the amount of time it'd take to recover? I'm sure the recovery craft would, but I doubt the "lost" craft would. Unfortunately this entire idea is probably unfeasable due to this. The risk of missing a tether would be too great, basically a guaranteed loss.

[@Cesp43]

@@fatboychummy bro, we literally already have aircraft that can go that high, and also getting an aircraft to go 12 k kmh rather than 40 or 50 k kmh. If we want an early and efficient space travel machine, this is it.

[@Cesp43]

@@fatboychummy and the cost efficiency would easily overide any lost aircraft, and plus if we actually coordinated the launches, less aircraft would be loose, like airplanes. Finally even this method is till a lot safer than going 40k and crossing your fingers you don't randomly blow up

[@antimarmite]

@@skootties ​ the ships themselves still need rockets to get up to the tethers, so you could have extra fuel in those for course corrections, using a nav computer to calculate the necessary corrections,

[@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

[@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*

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

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

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Nobody: The Nobody meme: Overused This Joke: Original

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Nobody: Nobody: Nobody:

[@essae9066]

Nobody This comment: SHIPYEETER

[@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.

[@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

[@HenryMiller-ox1xu]

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

[@MrWAREO777]

Kurzgesagt: Space tether Me an intelectual: Sky Trebuchet

[@RaviRathore7]

Catapult better.. Hate comments incoming.

[@bendeguzszabo9640]

Ahh a man of culture, I can see

[@lankylizard3584]

@@RaviRathore7 WRONG

[@joyce_rx]

@@RaviRathore7 Listen here you little shit

[@joyce_rx]

@@seamossyt YES

[@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😂😂😂

[@dasbubba841]

Overnight shipping or it's free!

[@ThePandarrrr]

Sweet

[@nickmcdonald3083]

It's trig not calc

[@VROGamers]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@hisas]

U want some candy?

[@basvandepitte2917]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@KTHEDEVASTATOR]

@@thecommentpolice8115 HAHAHAHA

[@dr.apollo4226]

We’ve already experienced tremendous changes in technology on Earth, but going beyond our planet unlocks a new era on the timeline of humanity. If you want to see this stuff happen while you’re alive, make it happen! I believe in you.

[@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.

[@magical_Crossong]

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

[@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.

[@FALslayer]

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

[@jellymc2877]

I'd be so excited to do that.

[@anti_neon8910]

Imagine a World War?

[@mitaka_78]

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]

@@anti_neon8910 *worlds war

[@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

[@BartyTheParty]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@lukehayes1397]

one of the best ideas i've ever heard about space travel. Someone needs to do this.

[@CaspersUniverse]

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

[@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.

[@Prince_Dracula]

Lorelo DahWeirdo no one cares

[@MatterBeamTSF]

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

[@fomalhaut3451]

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.

[@WinterNox]

You're my will to survive, the quality of your videos is unbelievable

[@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)

[@Nameless-yo3hl]

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

[@chrisclifford7080]

YEET FLEET! Why stop there U.S. football should be called Yeet prolate-Spheroid

[@ultraapple3997]

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

[@Nicox-cw6zu]

That will be the name

[@danielsanjuan7762]

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

[@SirNobleIZH]

@@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

[@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.

[@sdrawkcabmodnar]

@@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]

@@sdrawkcabmodnar 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.

[@beans7845]

Your videos are just Amazing! They are brilliant and gives all the info you need! You put so much effort and it surprises me that this is free! I hope you continue things like this and putting into into simple animated videos! 🌟

[@AvadaKedavra22197]

i cant WAIT to use this in the sci-fi blades in the dark game im about to run. absolutely had my jaw hanging in awe at how beautiful science is

[@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]

😮

[@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

[@labbit3574]

Kurz makes these sci fi concepts sound like stuff you’d be able to see within your lifetime and also make it sound like easily doable

[@risingSisyphus]

"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.

[@armo5637]

Worker: Sir, bad news Manager: What? Worker: *We missed Mars*

[@lordelliott42]

Yeah, if you _miss_ you won't have fuel for a correction, will you? Kind of a big flaw in the idea, at least for human transport.

[@chandlierbirchfield6810]

That was my first thought lol

[@b1ff]

Manager: Good thing it was simulation 42 out of 237,000, huh? Don’t worry, by the time we get back from lunch, we should be at simulation 3,200 or so. So you feeling like sushi, tacos, or pizza today?”

[@indoorkite651]

This could be a problem, however it wouldn't be if we had some sort of lost craft recovery system. Like a big ship that goes and catches the missed ships. That would be expensive, but nothing that good ol capitalism couldn't fix I'm some way

[@MrElis420]

@@indoorkite651 Good luck getting the funding for that lmao

[@10-den-see]

All of this brings tears in my eyes. How beautiful is science.

[@solgamerworld2807]

after all these years this is still my favorite of one of your videos and i have watched them all

[@neatpolygons8500]

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

[@IIIRobIII]

*YEET*

[@asakasakura5312]

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!

[@notniko]

Aliens: we use blackholes for space travel Us: ever heard of angry birds?

[@KishoreMorax]

🤣

[@SparseB]

Spinning black hole energy

[@legendarytat8278]

No

[@sky3fall866]

Lmaoooo

[@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188]

I found my lost brother

[@Nick12_45]

I never thought that yeeting spaceships into space would be a good idea

[@TheLYagAmi]

It’s fascinating how much of scientific theories actually found their genesis in the arts. Artists and creatives really do think of the most insanely plausible/implausible theories.

[@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!

[@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

[@ICESat-2]

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!!* ❤️🌎🐦‍⬛

[@Tallacus]

Imagine if we invested in this instead of war? This gives me hope for humanity

[@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.

[@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.

[@-_-RAM.]

Its been 2 years give this man a nobel prize and build these things!!

[@ngocnv371]

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

[@scoringdigitsson.5194]

2019: SpaceX 3019: *YeetX*

[@badflamer]

Nah Nah man. It's Kobe for accuracy.

[@wallahhabibiiii]

Oh my god yes

[@aqif5257]

I wanna know how the heck did you get 300 likes in 30 minutes

[@DigitalicaEG]

YeeZ

[@jesus7486]

We don't have to wait 1000 years for this to happen. It will probably happen in this century.

[@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

[@SacsachCCABP]

Theres always gonna be someone trying to mess with the tether. There ALWAYS is.

[@raptorzilla0710]

something tells me that Ice Cube’s form of revenge is sabotaging the space tether.

[@kevinaryatamawirawan6697]

That would be the worst terrorist in human history

[@anonimanonim2710]

There's also the problem of synchronizing the throwing and catching tether for each and every ship

[@FinsterC0]

Then there will be those people: "I don't want a spinning ninja star 80km above my house"

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

Risk vs reward, there will always be more humans but cheap and easy access to space is another thing entirely.

[@rainmaker3000]

Haha then you ask them if they ever heard of the ISS. Plus, if it entered the Earth’s atmosphere it would likely burn up before it hit.

[@assootoshmotah2350]

Tbh they could maje it so that it does not pass over populated areas or at least areas where these types of pricks are non existant

[@baronvonbeandip]

But they let airlines fly over their house.

[@papa_pt]

same people who don't realize there are thousands of satellites in the sky

[@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

[@sunburstbike]

the world would be 1000x more advanced if kurzgesagt ran it

[@victorkristensen7395]

this is an brilliant idea since its so cheap and not too hard to construct.

[@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.

[@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.

[@666Tomato666]

@@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_

[@666Tomato666]

@@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

[@tobias1535]

This has got to be the most satisfying kurzgesagt ever

[@mylaxkindflame2831]

Every time I watch one of these videos I grow evermore determined to become an Aerospace Engineer. I think if I can work for NASA and help bring us just one step closer to our future in the stars, I’ll have done what I was spawned on this space rock to do

[@commadercarl2541]

I think this is actually one of the more realistic sci fi ideas out there which is crazy to think about

[@sneett7670]

This is the only video on the internet that successfully gets me motivated to wake up and build a future full of possibilities and change. I would do my best to make this a reality or atleast contribute to the idea be spending it.

[@eritsia]

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

[@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.

[@sacredterrador5611]

Well, someone once told me that spinning was a good trick.

[@Drewid44]

This is such a genius idea! I think this will work!

[@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*

[@PaleGhost69]

One could say that a space cable would be _a stretch..._

[@eugh8025]

Get out

[@halrd2651]

perfect

[@quinn5213]

Get off the stage!

[@nosupes929]

Please leave 😂

[@sleepless_gang6741]

This is perfect

[@Adam-hb4cu]

Hi I am in third grade of aerospace engineering and I would love to do research about skyhook's infrastructure, I hope that one day I could go back to this comment and see whit my own eyes that this thing are real. Thank you for all your awesome work and letting us to discover this marvels :)

[@viniciusfernandes2303]

Thanks for the video!

[@dvno7581]

Where's the: "So what's the catch?" part of the video?

[@Grim_Beard]

The catch is how difficult it would be to catch the payloads.

[@corrda1993]

I assume its probably such a new idea that its taking time to impliment.

[@audiofox5104]

I was wondering that too

[@dilatare]

The catch is the tether catching the rockets, hehe. Don't get it?

[@yyt4402]

Hello

[@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

[@jaysinha0]

Fantastic idea that we should implement as fast as possible.

[@expertbandit6489]

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

[@tash5186]

High NASA scientist playing Pong: *YO DUDE I GOT AN IDEA*

[@loveleonk]

Brainfart?

[@Troleandocreyentes]

Director of the NASA snorting a line of coke, let’s do it.

[@mercurial-mons]

NASA: what if we...? Also NASA: Oh, and who's gonna pay for it, you?

[@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!

[@sonofniptwitgaming6641]

: )

[@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......

[@religionoffreedom]

This makes a lot more sense if you’re aware that space is really beside us instead of above us. And spaceships are just lighter than air craft.

[@Tee0505]

Everybody gangsta till you miss mercury and hit the sun

[@bhaskar7731]

That thing will be vaporized before getting any closer to the boss of our solar system

[@tuseroni6085]

its actually surprisingly HARD to hit the sun.

[@kennyclash3584]

SoOoOo funny but ScArY too

[@QuokkaWaka]

@@bhaskar7731 I read this in the context of an underling speaking about some kind of mafia boss. "You ain't good enough to even look at our boss, now scram!"

[@bhaskar7731]

@@QuokkaWaka lol noice

[@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

[@luckytaco4344]

More like YEET

[@opheluna]

"Grover go long."

[@Ruby-Doc]

*_[Hah!]_*

[@oblisake]

This is really interesting, i am gonna use this topic in my science exhibition

[@Doggo._.]

when im in university, about 6 years from now, my essay on space exploration is this video... may get detention or something for plagurism but its good

[@rommyjoj326]

“But why stop there?” Lets make it a weapon! -goverments

[@curtisstephens4482]

*Kinetic bombardment intensifies*

[@Frankie_Fish]

Planetary Trébuchet?

[@Smurrei]

@@Frankie_Fish Imagine yeeting an asteroid right into Russia

[@msergio0293]

Hahahahaha

[@iplaygames8090]

@@Smurrei imagine looking to the sun and seeying putin him self yeet mercury at U.S. xd

[@sirapple589]

Kurzgesagt’s animators never cease to amaze me. That animation of the 80-96% of ship size reduction was so beautifully done. I hope you’re paying them appropriately.

[@Dionn91]

You can help by becoming a Patron! :)

[@sirapple589]

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

[@larrysal8866]

_is that a threat_ xd

[@sirapple589]

Larry SAL “You sure got a lotta nice stuff around ‘ere Mr Voiceover. It’d be a shame if some of it got broken”.

[@larrysal8866]

@@sirapple589 ;)

[@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.

[@dgd947a15fl]

Something similar to regenerative breaking could be used to slow down the tether when desired and convert some of the energy back to a battery.

[@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.

[@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..."

[@fedorshcheglov5534]

Humans in the future when they find aiens on another planet Lets build an asteroid yeeter