1,000km Cable to the Stars - The Skyhook
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Getting to space is incredibly hard, expensive and needs a lot of resources.
A more efficient way to get there is a Skyhook (or Spacetether), an ever rotating cable with a counter weight, that catapults spaceships from earth orbit into the depths of space.
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@nasirgoldbourne47 4 роки тому
FIRST
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Hey 10 mil
@angiekitchen4449 4 роки тому
@@nasirgoldbourne47 No one cares.
@12345DJay 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
So in 11038AD we'll be shooting people as projectiles from giant gun barrels?
@TheKitbaby 4 роки тому
@@HerrRussoTragik why not a railgun using megnets?
@PsychoHam 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
*12,019
@mustached_villain6354 4 роки тому
Now: a Phobos skyhook will keep speed forever 2819: Phobos velocity crisis
@piguyalamode164 4 роки тому
more like 12819
@andrewmurray9701 4 роки тому
as of that point, I'm sure we will have enough resources to speed it up.
@LowestofheDead 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@LowestofheDead bruh
@Harpoika 4 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
I would pay a lot of money to play that game!
@Earth_Luna 2 роки тому
thats literally my dream
@ct7204 2 роки тому
Extremely underrated comment
@riskia2733 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
I think someone said this in the comments of their stain sphere video
@tkhero7045 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
@@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 2 роки тому
@@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 Рік тому
@@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,
@deathbyseatoast8854 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
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@Nico-dt5hu 4 роки тому
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@finjaquetemumnomeaqui4838 4 роки тому
Nobody: The Nobody meme: Overused This Joke: Original
@mcthrull7417 4 роки тому
Nobody: Nobody: Nobody:
@essae9066 4 роки тому
Nobody This comment: SHIPYEETER
@d33pblu3 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
They found us using our Caplan thruster
@divyansharse38 3 роки тому
Easy and effective!
@user-fs7zv5zj6h 3 роки тому
Aliens: You are meant to be professional and use warp tech. Us Humans: Haha, spaceship goes yeet.
@r2d2fromstartrack83 3 роки тому
No, the eye is not here go away nomai
@chelseagonzales7584 3 роки тому
Haha!
@mx.horrorwood5003 2 роки тому
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_ 2 роки тому
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 Рік тому
@@underpussy_ The US government and their military is the reason you have access to all this information.
@riteshsawali264 Рік тому
But making is 1000km long tether looks impossible right now
@BioTheHuman Рік тому
@@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 10 місяців тому
@@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.
@williamknox4303 8 місяців тому
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.
@annika4545 4 роки тому
* pokes NASA with stick * "Do something."
@somethinggood8272 4 роки тому
They would but all the money goes to the military, kinda sad.
@BitcoinMotorist 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@somethinggood8272 your statement is so incredibly false. The military's budget is dwarfed by Medicare and Medicaids budgets.
@annika4545 4 роки тому
@@BitcoinMotorist I don't know. Let SpaceX do it then🤷♀️
@BitcoinMotorist 4 роки тому
@@annika4545 Believe it or not I am not an Elon Musk fanboy. Hopefully SpaceX gets some free market competition eventually
@mangoshi1251 3 роки тому
“Grandpa, how did we first get reliable access to Mars?” “Ah, the space yeeter.”
@edggui5860 3 роки тому
Hehehehehe
@jerry3306 3 роки тому
Haha yeet
@Finkers1988 3 роки тому
Ah yes, the first ships to fly to mars: the yeet-fleet
@sanjaynarkhede7797 3 роки тому
Its is not yetter its tether
@319B 3 роки тому
Y E E T
@justrandomcontent977 Рік тому
Imagine seeing a skyhook just chilling in the night sky.
@thecomet8759 Рік тому
Would be the best day of my life
@That-fallout-fan 8 місяців тому
That would be eerily cool
@HenryMiller-ox1xu 13 днів тому
Wouldn’t it be moving very fast? That would be so cool!
@user-ty2fn2db8g Місяць тому
Some kid in 3009: falls asleep on the buss, misses their stop, and is now travelling at Mach 25 towards deep space
@MrWAREO777 4 роки тому
Kurzgesagt: Space tether Me an intelectual: Sky Trebuchet
@RaviRathore7 4 роки тому
Catapult better.. Hate comments incoming.
@bendeguzszabo9640 4 роки тому
Ahh a man of culture, I can see
@lankylizard3584 4 роки тому
@@RaviRathore7 WRONG
@joyce_rx 4 роки тому
@@RaviRathore7 Listen here you little shit
@joyce_rx 4 роки тому
@@seamossyt YES
@starting7725 3 роки тому
People in 1990s:In 2050 we’re going to colonized planets easily with super fast engines and complex stuff 2050: rope
@rileysrandom9835 3 роки тому
I mean its true
@daveshusband2606 3 роки тому
@Killerpu Playz well isn't that ironic
@starboi141 3 роки тому
@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 3 роки тому
If it seems stupid but works well then it's not stupid.
@Ash-em5pm 3 роки тому
@@starboi141idk about that mate, I just got vaccinated for covid a week ago.
@chair._ Рік тому
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 Рік тому
thats why funding stem is important. astonomy, engineering, and math. plug those into a computer and it now is possible
@chair._ Рік тому
@@Triobian true, but sadly the government probably wouldnt pour billions to make this idea into a reality anytime soon...
@akhipazham7270 Рік тому
IKR The physics & maths involved would be soooooooooooo high level and we have to fool proof it
@vitcermak7737 Рік тому
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 Рік тому
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 2 роки тому
I'm 14 and I'm really hoping I can see this kind of stuff happen one day!
@Oeltanker 8 місяців тому
No you wont putin will come with his nuclear bombs before that
@pedromartins6810 8 місяців тому
Im 17 and the idea that when I become 80 and my family might take me on a trip to space is wild
@hisas 3 місяці тому
U want some candy?
@basvandepitte2917 2 місяці тому
@@hisas dude, so uncool, they clearly have a passion
@fireaza 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
*yeet the rockets real hard
@evanescentenquirer2684 4 роки тому
*Elon Musk on weed
@nick673 4 роки тому
Yea like a catapult
@drike_12 4 роки тому
@@CodeCombine No u
@RaskaTheFurry 4 роки тому
Throw ? Yeet
@a1r592 4 роки тому
"We missed mercury..." *oh shi-*
@subhasisbiswas1113 4 роки тому
Dang... RIP
@dmax1 4 роки тому
Straight to the sun lmao
@Aaron-ew5zw 4 роки тому
"This will sure brighten our day"
@benzenehydrocarbon 4 роки тому
*oh fuck*
@kebien6020 4 роки тому
@@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.
@AlbertoRodriguez-oe6jo 2 роки тому
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.
@SquirrelTheSquirrel Рік тому
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.
@neatpolygons8500 4 роки тому
Major problem needs solution Elon musk: orbit refuel Nasa: more money Kurzgesagt: *FFFFFLIIINGGGG*
@IIIRobIII 4 роки тому
*YEET*
@asakasakura5312 4 роки тому
Glenn Renner XDD FFFFFLLLLIIINNNGGGG ppl to MARS
@neatpolygons8500 4 роки тому
@@IIIRobIII BIG SPACE YEET STICK!
@aronlinde1723 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Use fuel as the tether weight, refuel as you get flung!
@fomalhaut3451 4 роки тому
Kurzgesagt: hope for humanity Me: *waiting for the drawback* ... ... ... :D
@JamesQuintero18 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@JamesQuintero18 it's highly possible that the idea is new or that it wasn't verified with proper simulations before. Science takes time.
@josephconway1526 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
@@themachine9366 You are correct that there have been many tests with tethered satellites. I meant the full scale version. Sorry for the confusion.
@dusty6299 4 роки тому
one day a giant skyhook will crash on earth.
@theplague5803 Рік тому
Man, how lucky we were to get more than 6 plants each with their own unique resources and advantages
@O2F2 17 днів тому
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
@magical_Crossong 2 роки тому
No matter how many times I watch your videos, I always am fascinated how much information you pack in them.
@scoringdigitsson.5194 4 роки тому
2019: SpaceX 3019: *YeetX*
@badflamer 4 роки тому
Nah Nah man. It's Kobe for accuracy.
@wallahhabibiiii 4 роки тому
Oh my god yes
@aqif5257 4 роки тому
I wanna know how the heck did you get 300 likes in 30 minutes
@DigitalicaEG 4 роки тому
YeeZ
@jesus7486 4 роки тому
We don't have to wait 1000 years for this to happen. It will probably happen in this century.
@Winther83 4 роки тому
"invest in passenger comfort" -- Airline Companies has left the chat--
@austinn_6161 4 роки тому
Freddie Does Stuff lol
@lorelo. 4 роки тому
But if it's for more money you get comfort? * Airline companies has entered the chat *
@Winther83 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Lorelo DahWeirdo no one cares
@MatterBeamTSF 4 роки тому
This is really important if you want passengers to sit in your transport for 3 months!
@beans7845 2 роки тому
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! 🌟
@dustyartz4108 2 роки тому
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
@armo5637 4 роки тому
Worker: Sir, bad news Manager: What? Worker: *We missed Mars*
@lordelliott42 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
That was my first thought lol
@b1ff 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@indoorkite651 Good luck getting the funding for that lmao
@z.xdtcfy 4 роки тому
"Oops we missed the Martian tether. Welp, we're in an expedition to the asteroid belt."
@yakarotsennin3115 4 роки тому
Ishaz Balao To Jupiter and Beyond!!
@theonejackal89 4 роки тому
To be fair, its the same idea for Aircraft on Earth. And besides, there'd probably be more tethers than just 1.
@sarcasticguy7771 4 роки тому
@@theonejackal89 Except if you miss on Earth, you actually have a chance of surviving
@trazyntheinfinite9895 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
Fireice 999 but aircraft can try again multiple times. No such thing with 0/minimal propellant craft.
@WinterNox 2 роки тому
You're my will to survive, the quality of your videos is unbelievable
@CaspersUniverse Рік тому
This is a great video! Really loved how the swinging animations made it clear what was happening, very interesting!
@luisdavidgonzalezcarmona3805 4 роки тому
Elon Musk after watching this video: "I'm proud to announce the start of my new company: TetherX"
@cmk9089 4 роки тому
Nathaniel Davis *Not another trebuchet company
@grenzviel4480 4 роки тому
TrebuchetX*
@zaaer8592 4 роки тому
@@grenzviel4480 pronounced trebushex
@davecrupel2817 4 роки тому
@Nathaniel Davis hahaha i really like that name!
@Wolfboy_109 4 роки тому
i would invest in that
@BartyTheParty 2 роки тому
This is such a cool idea I'm actually crying over it right now.
@ngocnv371 11 місяців тому
Imagine a world where the leaders understand science and want to progress humanity.
@call911pls8 3 роки тому
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
@gummyrabbitt 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
one out of ten... it seems I’m not getting to see Spence travel in my lifetime :’)
@ripper2665 3 роки тому
@@marorozco9706 how bout ya jus build a teleporter
@martybenson7417 3 роки тому
@@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 3 роки тому
Marty Benson Well scientists are developing age reversing energy
@legoman1690 4 роки тому
In 2019, Kurzgesagt taught us that "Yeet" was in fact the solution
@Chibbygaming 4 роки тому
Yeah Dude obviously... Geez c'mon! am I right Caitlyn! *high five*
@Mgl1206 4 роки тому
Caitlyn April riiiiighhhhttttt
@tf2oshaaa 4 роки тому
Caitlyn April what an intellectual brainlet
@theoffbeatninja610 4 роки тому
Nice pfp OP
@theoffbeatninja610 4 роки тому
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!
@noahnatanson7571 Рік тому
The video was amazing , and it opened me up to a whole new world of ideas about our world/universe. Thankyou
@AvadaKedavra22197 2 роки тому
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
@paulpruett7956 4 роки тому
Imagine messing up the calculus and getting flung straight into the surface at Mach 10
@garethrees6795 4 роки тому
Paul Pruett talk about a one way trip to mars😂😂😂
@dasbubba841 4 роки тому
Overnight shipping or it's free!
@ThePandarrrr 4 роки тому
Sweet
@nickmcdonald3083 4 роки тому
It's trig not calc
@VROGamers 4 роки тому
i mean... that would leave quite an impact :3
@FALslayer 4 роки тому
Imagine studying economics on an interplanetary scale that'd be next level.
@jellymc2877 4 роки тому
I'd be so excited to do that.
@anti_neon8910 4 роки тому
Imagine a World War?
@mitaka_78 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
supermacro economics
@imaginationcore2104 4 роки тому
@@anti_neon8910 *worlds war
@lukehayes1397 2 роки тому
one of the best ideas i've ever heard about space travel. Someone needs to do this.
@solgamerworld2807 Місяць тому
after all these years this is still my favorite of one of your videos and i have watched them all
@Moon_Jam08 4 роки тому
In the future: "OMG mom, I will be late for Christmas, I friggin' missed the space hook"
@hashkeeper 4 роки тому
Excellent comment hahaha
@ActuallyRocatex 4 роки тому
wait like 3 hours and try again
@ShawnLH88 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
@@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
@therustysproductions562 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Tetherseption
@AngelicDirt 4 роки тому
Yo dawg...
@DoctorpooandtheTURDIS 4 роки тому
*BWAAAAAAAAAM*
@42c28 4 роки тому
He's too dangerous to be kept alive
@JayPatel-ug1nh 4 роки тому
😮
@eeti5658 2 роки тому
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)
@ICESat-2 3 місяці тому
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!!* ❤️🌎🐦⬛
@FinsterC0 4 роки тому
Then there will be those people: "I don't want a spinning ninja star 80km above my house"
@LazyLifeIFreak 4 роки тому
Risk vs reward, there will always be more humans but cheap and easy access to space is another thing entirely.
@rainmaker3000 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
But they let airlines fly over their house.
@papa_pt 4 роки тому
same people who don't realize there are thousands of satellites in the sky
@LOCALIZACIONREMOTA 3 роки тому
"Hey Ferb, i know what we are going to do today"
@PallabDutt 3 роки тому
I'm gonna tell that shit to mom.
@hey_therexd 3 роки тому
Who is Ferb?
@ahaokatano3153 3 роки тому
@@hey_therexd Phineas and Ferb
@hey_therexd 3 роки тому
@@ahaokatano3153 I still dont recognise them, is this some kind of a show or what?
@loretus3512 3 роки тому
@@hey_therexd yeah
@10-den-see Рік тому
All of this brings tears in my eyes. How beautiful is science.
@anonimanonim2710 7 місяців тому
There's also the problem of synchronizing the throwing and catching tether for each and every ship
@eritsia 2 роки тому
1900’s: We’ll be making flying cars! 2050: lol let’s conquer the solar system with *r o p e*
@chrisspecht2988 2 роки тому
Arguably cooler
@juststevoo 2 роки тому
_N Y L O N_
@yurigouveawagner9432 2 роки тому
you yeet the fleet and... that's eet
@Alex-02 2 роки тому
@@chrisspecht2988 Arguable? Not even. Non-negotiable? Yes.
@theacegamingdemon6983 2 роки тому
the peasant's sling is apperantly the ultimate technology. why stick to just throwing rocks when you can throw SPACESHIPS
@rommyjoj326 4 роки тому
“But why stop there?” Lets make it a weapon! -goverments
@curtisstephens4482 4 роки тому
*Kinetic bombardment intensifies*
@Frankie_Fish 4 роки тому
Planetary Trébuchet?
@Smurrei 4 роки тому
@@Frankie_Fish Imagine yeeting an asteroid right into Russia
@msergio0293 4 роки тому
Hahahahaha
@iplaygames8090 4 роки тому
@@Smurrei imagine looking to the sun and seeying putin him self yeet mercury at U.S. xd
@labbit3574 Рік тому
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
@johnbutt5156 8 місяців тому
Better yet you could have 2 skyhooks. A small one that delivers you into low orbit and a really big one that throws you towards a planet. You could have a very large dedicated space ship that gets caught by the big hook, slowed down and released into low earth orbit. There it would exchange passengers and cargo that were brought up in a different ship by the small hook, before being picked up again and thrown at a planet. That way, each ship could be more specialised which would save on costs, allow for more room in the big ship and you could even turn the ship into centrifuge using the teather and weight design which would insure no one suffered from bone degeneration. Also, because the big skyhook would be out of the way in a large orbit and not have to withstand the atmosphere, it could be alot biger and spin much more quickly which would increase speed and further reduce travel times.
@frostwyvern 4 роки тому
I love how this sounds more science fiction than just a really big elevator and yet is more reasonable to achieve
@kuniosaiki 4 роки тому
It’s like Roald Dahl but real
@user-bh6cz8kp4q 4 роки тому
design is practically impossible anyways
@Yamyatos 4 роки тому
@@user-bh6cz8kp4q What? Sky hooks are legit possible.
@sdrawkcabmodnar 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
@@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.
@pleasesubscribeforaburrito7904 4 роки тому
This is like missing a bus on another level
@Xendruis 4 роки тому
true dat
@squidwardtentacles4610 4 роки тому
on a space level
@negvey 4 роки тому
a short bus?
@-etaq8474 4 роки тому
Especially for arriving spacecraft, if you miss the skyhook, you may end up being lost in space.
@Orionrobots 4 роки тому
@@-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.
@uniduckus 21 день тому
This piece offers a fascinating glimpse into the potential future of space travel. The concept of the Skyhook and its implications for space infrastructure are both innovative and thought-provoking. It's exciting to consider how such advancements could make space exploration more accessible and affordable for humanity.
@Nick12_45 2 роки тому
I never thought that yeeting spaceships into space would be a good idea
@victorl6509 4 роки тому
Me watching a Kurzgesagt video: Man, the future looks so exciting Me turning on the news: *Unintelligible screeching*
@victorl6509 4 роки тому
@@chyza2012 Yes, I do. Sundays man
@kragoth 4 роки тому
Didn't we stop watching news after 2012?
@giftapfel 4 роки тому
democrats: TRUMPS A PIECE OF SHIT republicans: no u and then vice versa when republicans accuse democrats.
@666Tomato666 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
@@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
@heyboss1684 4 роки тому
NASA: every decade we will make a new space shuttle Kurzgesagt: what about a ball and a rope?
@NeoEureka 4 роки тому
Hey Boss space shuttle program was closed my guy
@Nikotin-lu1xo 4 роки тому
tether and ball torture
@theexam7394 4 роки тому
Space Shuttle program was stopped after Atlantis' final flight about 7 years ago. USA has relied on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft since then.
@heyboss1684 4 роки тому
@@theexam7394 it's a joke m8
@theexam7394 4 роки тому
@@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.
@TheLYagAmi 2 роки тому
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.
@toddboyce3599 Рік тому
This will be like the orbiter in Mars Sample Return. A Rover will collect Percy's sample tubes, give it to a lander, which will launch it and than a orbiter will catch the payload and launch it again to correct the course and for the extra speed. (Where will the sample land though? Imagine its night and your waken up by a hole in the ceiling and sample tubes on the pillow next to you.)
@notniko 4 роки тому
Aliens: we use blackholes for space travel Us: ever heard of angry birds?
@KishoreMorax 4 роки тому
🤣
@SparseB 4 роки тому
Spinning black hole energy
@legendarytat8278 4 роки тому
No
@sky3fall866 4 роки тому
Lmaoooo
@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188 4 роки тому
I found my lost brother
@CompletelyNewguy 4 роки тому
Aliens: "We fold space and time to get to our destinations." Humans: "We use a giant slingshot!"
@Jobe-13 4 роки тому
CompletelyNewguy Humans are awesome.
@Horny_Fruit_Flies 4 роки тому
Sometimes you can do amazing things with relatively simple concepts. Take guns for example, which are extremely good at killing. They're basically pipes that throw out pieces of lead propelled by an explosion.
@AndreiAndrei-pg8eg 4 роки тому
@@Horny_Fruit_Flies the asgards are no longer capable of such simple concepts
@luchodore 4 роки тому
@@Horny_Fruit_Flies Guns are just a pressure trapper. You take a force that usually disperses out reducing it's energy into nothing. Then trap that force behind a bullet forcing it in a straight line. GG ez.
@IceExtremeGamers 4 роки тому
Again, humans can be space orcs forever.
@viniciusfernandes2303 2 роки тому
Thanks for the video!
@oblisake Рік тому
This is really interesting, i am gonna use this topic in my science exhibition
@matthewpoile1195 4 роки тому
Who would get to mars first: Goliath super-powered rockets David and his ropey boi
@msergio0293 4 роки тому
Hahahahaha
@DylanBegazo 4 роки тому
Matthew Poile My money is always on David and Ropey Boii
@SCRKT007 4 роки тому
Earth Empire Battlecruiser mk.I [Mothership B.E.H.E.M.O.T.H]
@mikomihael6478 4 роки тому
SFS Sandbox mode rocket
@ievanpolkka1738 4 роки тому
Snoop dog:hold my weed
@XuriFenton 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
Sounds like extra hell
@telescopesfs-officialchann3897 3 роки тому
Yea. That would be horrible
@isaacolaves 3 роки тому
Glad I wont be in school in 2050
@cinnamonshake45 3 роки тому
More like physics
@Drewengtheway 3 роки тому
you can just add the departing hours on google maps and see the time of arrivals
@sunburstbike 8 місяців тому
the world would be 1000x more advanced if kurzgesagt ran it
@jieqiaohome Рік тому
This is perfect!
@tash5186 4 роки тому
High NASA scientist playing Pong: *YO DUDE I GOT AN IDEA*
@loveleonk 4 роки тому
Brainfart?
@Troleandocreyentes 4 роки тому
Director of the NASA snorting a line of coke, let’s do it.
@mercurial-mons 4 роки тому
NASA: what if we...? Also NASA: Oh, and who's gonna pay for it, you?
@user-vp9lc9up6v 4 роки тому
*Discovers Oil on a distant planet* US: "Theres no time for caution"
@kazimierasmickus8097 4 роки тому
One of Jupiter moon ( i think Titan) have few K times more oil that earth.
@BobSmith-cg2ek 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
😂
@heckyes 4 роки тому
That planet is in serious need of Democracy all of a sudden.
@SacsachCCABP Рік тому
Theres always gonna be someone trying to mess with the tether. There ALWAYS is.
@raptorzilla0710 Рік тому
something tells me that Ice Cube’s form of revenge is sabotaging the space tether.
@kevinaryatamawirawan6697 Місяць тому
That would be the worst terrorist in human history
@lightningsmilies8711 2 місяці тому
This is my favourite kurzgesagt video even though for me now it was 4 years ago❤.
@thesammo4499 4 роки тому
I really hope I'm gonna be around to see stuff like this happen
@sebastiandevosi7043 4 роки тому
Sure you will don't worry you have long life
@joweydelanota5558 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
@@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 4 роки тому
Climate change...
@n0rdlys_40 3 роки тому
Aliens: So how did you conquered a quarter of the Galaxy? Humans: We attached a can to another can using a rope
@toasterkolin9951 3 роки тому
Aliens: Really? We did that too!
@sonofniptwitgaming6641 3 роки тому
: )
@RavenWolffe77 3 роки тому
. Humans: We attached a can to another can using a rope, and then used it to fire Kinetic Kill Vehicles FTFY
@chasetoyama8184 3 роки тому
Aliens: aah yes, the galactic trebuchet Don’t get technical with me here, I know it’s not galactic
@sneakyturtle1117 3 роки тому
Humans: we are trying make a dyson sphere but it will take a while. What about you......
@commadercarl2541 21 день тому
I think this is actually one of the more realistic sci fi ideas out there which is crazy to think about
@Drewid44 10 місяців тому
This is such a genius idea! I think this will work!
@anthonyjackalone1846 4 роки тому
Imagine missing the receiving tether and getting yeeted across the galaxy...
@fixablehalo 4 роки тому
Oh heck
@Zer0_Flowers 4 роки тому
Well, better hope you don’t have motion sickness
@steffen5121 4 роки тому
Shieeeet
@allenwright123 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
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
@sneett7670 Рік тому
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.
@MikeyVasconum 2 роки тому
I find super funny the animations made for this particular episode
@RGBY-tv4hg 4 роки тому
The last words NASA heard from the rocket: *“Go long”*
@ishaqtayab4965 4 роки тому
Lol!
@nixpaFPS 4 роки тому
The profile pic and name makes me think all u do is just comment. Lol
@luckytaco4344 4 роки тому
More like YEET
@opheluna 4 роки тому
"Grover go long."
@Ruby-Doc 4 роки тому
*_[Hah!]_*
@CinemaWins 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
agreed
@unitNitro 4 роки тому
Yo, I didn't know you watched Kurzgesagt? Love your channel btw
@linecraftman3907 4 роки тому
The "but" this time is money and bringing an asteroid to act as counterweight. Ain't simple but not impossible
@KuZiMeiChuan 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
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.
@Tribersman 3 місяці тому
Forget skyhook, orbital ring(s) is where the magic is. It remove all the constraint from grabbing flying at dozen of time of the speed of sound, It can grab object directly from the ground at zero speed, It can grab object from space by matching their speed instead of them matching his, If you take your time the cargo don't even need aerodynamic shape, It doesn't require an incredibly tight timetable, you have full control over how long you keep it in place. It can propel its cargo to any speed without needing to change its shape, It don't take over multiple orbits worth of satellites & stations, reducing the risk with debris, It can be used to grab debris since it can match speed with grossly anything. It can be stopped entirely for maintenance with zero stress on the structure and little energy to maintain it, It only use electricity and any mass can be used to restore the used kinetic energy, It doesn't require magic metal like space elevator and is far shorter to build, it is even smaller than the biggest skyhook concept shown, It is structurally literally a magnetic train/crane/catapult on a very long, fairly simple rail of plain metal in orbit. Once built the first generation of orbital ring will build the second, even bigger and from there outpace economically anything else. And did I mention you could have several train/cranes working on the same ring and multiple rings on multiple orbits?
@dgd947a15fl 2 роки тому
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.
@andrw1979 4 роки тому
Ship: *accidently gets flung into the void of space* This little maneuver is gonna cost us 51 years
@pandoratheclay 4 роки тому
Chris 5100 years*
@benurm2390 4 роки тому
>5100 years And it's not exaggerating!
@Crisjebou 4 роки тому
Interstellar?
@sasddu7926 4 роки тому
How do u do bold letters
@pandoratheclay 4 роки тому
Siddanth raja *like this*
@risingSisyphus 4 роки тому
"like a catapult" I think you mean like a trebuchet, the superior siege engine.
@5000mahmud 4 роки тому
achillesRising, the Knight of Rage back to reddit
@diegosanchez894 4 роки тому
90kg, 300m. Need I say more?
@pietervannes4476 4 роки тому
trebuchets are catapults though
@luizfelipedeoliveiraandrad888 4 роки тому
@@pietervannes4476 SHUT
@unclekanethetiberiummain1994 4 роки тому
@@pietervannes4476 Degenrates like you, belong on the cross.
@victorkristensen7395 2 роки тому
this is an brilliant idea since its so cheap and not too hard to construct.
@silverwurm 8 місяців тому
Have feasibility studies been conducted on this? For this to be taken seriously you’d have to do the following experiment: 1) make a short version of the tether out of the candidate material 2) hook said tether to a device that will keep it under tension equal to what a tether in space would 3) fire a few projectiles at a similar speed to what micrometeorites in the area would be at the tether and show that it still holds within acceptable safety margins. 4) expose the tether to radiation consistent with what a space tether would experience and show it will hold up to it for a reasonable period of time. 5) perhaps most important, repair the tether of both radiation and collision damage while it is still under tension. This can be either fixing the existing materiel, or replacing a segment of it, so long as the tension of the whole tether is maintained throughout. Has this sort of test been conducted?
@vanshr.sachan264 4 роки тому
Elon Musk: we will use reusable rockets.. Kurzgesagt: hold my tether....
@onemore7108 4 роки тому
True
@elonhusk5203 4 роки тому
Use reuseable rockets to make the tether
@Yarblocosifilitico 4 роки тому
@Oh No They already have them, not perfected, sure, but what development are you talking about? Anyway, ships still have to reach the tether, so better if they're reusable than not. A first trip to Mars is still needed as well.
@peapie5920 4 роки тому
Oh No : That’s totally what it should be named! “The Space Yeeter” 🤣🤣
@Calendator 4 роки тому
Is funny how a reusable rocket and a giant space cable that yeet stuff in deep space are more or less on the same ring of engineering hell
@axcelmcaver4009 4 роки тому
Summary of the Video: *Let's just Yeet them*
@ranzgarcia1 4 роки тому
Omg 😭😭
@joandersonoliveira6802 4 роки тому
Can you explain me what yeet means? I thought it was something from ur culture but didn't find anything in the Ethernet. Im starting to think that is some screaming sound
@heybestie6440 4 роки тому
@@joandersonoliveira6802 kinda it's a screaming sound, yeet means throwing something away at high speed (it came from a vine, where a girl gave her friend an empty cola can and when she realised that is empty she said "this bitch's empty, yeet", and when she said yeet she throw away that can)
@scoops2 4 роки тому
The answer to accessing the solar system was right in front of us the whole time. Passengers hold on to your seat 20 seconds until yeet.
@axcelmcaver4009 4 роки тому
@@joandersonoliveira6802 Yeet: To discard an item at a high velocity Yeet is a versatile word that can be used as an exclamation, a verb, or even a noun. - As an exclamation it can be used to express excitement, usually happily but also nervously. - It can also be used as an exclamation of victory. - Or as a battle cry or focus-shout while throwing or hitting something, like "HIII-YA".
@jaysinha0 2 роки тому
Fantastic idea that we should implement as fast as possible.
@athyrius 8 місяців тому
tethers + spin launch = GOAT
@TheShadesOfBlack 4 роки тому
I really hope I'm alive when stuff like this starts happening
@twaynewade2544 4 роки тому
Maybe if you're young.
@christiandauz3742 4 роки тому
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!
@thecommentpolice8115 4 роки тому
@@christiandauz3742 nobody reply
@KTHEDEVASTATOR 4 роки тому
@@thecommentpolice8115 HAHAHAHA
@dr.apollo4226 4 роки тому
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.
@BriarRH 4 роки тому
Kurzgesat: here's some cool space stuff Sci-fi writers: _its free real eastate_
@Ristaak 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
The book Seveneves uses the same technology discuss here.
@ipotatosenpai7002 4 роки тому
Holy shit that's so meee
@martonnagy1043 4 роки тому
@@teemomain9482 I hope we dont need to wait till the moon explodes and 5000 years.
@neegas3490 4 роки тому
Tbh
@tobias1535 2 роки тому
This has got to be the most satisfying kurzgesagt ever
@mistermiss9093 Рік тому
the more i think about it the universe feels like one of those 100 days hardcore Minecraft things just doing things to pass time so you dont get bored like think about it we dont **need** to expand we want to
@exilestudios9546 Рік тому
No we 100% do need to expand if you like ya know living. Eventually earth will become uninhabitable that is not an if it's a when and so if we want to survive we need to expand beyond earth and eventually beyond our solar system because right now we are one above average salary flair or decently sized asteroid from extinction.
@Max-yu7rh 4 роки тому
“All roads lead to rome” And some day it will be “All skyhooks lead to earth”
@hanro50 4 роки тому
Or mars apparently
@aneutralopinion1712 4 роки тому
Lol yeah but what does Mars look like
@alvydasjokubauskas2587 4 роки тому
First you need to find mars, so you could travel back to earth...
@korhone7077 4 роки тому
Matthew Cavallaro what is ironic about it? It is certainly a funny coincidence but ironic? No.
@David-lc9zn 4 роки тому
Mars would probably become the industrial center and Earth would become a haven for humanity.
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