Inflatable Space Tower Provides Access To Orbit
Credit: Thoth Technology
Canadian space company Thoth Technology has received a U.S. patent for a 20-km (12-mi.) space elevator tower that would replace the first stage of a rocket as a means of lowering cost to orbit. A payload pod at the top of the tower would provide a platform for launch and recovery of single-stage-to...
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