Skyhooks combine the best of ancient and future technology to make rockets redundant.
, could also be modified to act as even more enormous skyhooks. If we did this, it would form an important part of trans-solar system infrastructure.
It really is a very promising piece of technology - with regards to exploring the universe around us. Apart from the initial capital expense, and cost of material, to build the skyhook in the first place, how much cheaper would a skyhook make space travel? as a point of comparison. Currently, each launch of this rocket costs around $115,000,000.This cost allows about 64 tonnes of stuff to be delivered to low-Earth orbit .
For this reason, it should be possible to reduce the size of skyhook taxi rockets by as much as 86 percent, give or take. We should still be able to lift the same payload as that of the Heavy Falcon but at a fraction of the cost. Thankfully, we can probably use computers to do all the heavy lifting with regards to making the necessary calculations. But, even so, this will not be a simple task. The actual superstructure of the skyhook would also be a very tricky thing to assemble. It would need to be the right size, and made of the strongest and lightest material we have available.
This material is over one and half times stronger than kevlar, and barely changes length when put under intense tensions. All very useful properties. In short yes. In fact, it has already, sort of, been done - just on aFor a"true" skyhook to be built, it would require a significant investment in time and resources. But, once built, a skyhook could be used for many years to come.
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