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@nasirgoldbourne47

4 жыл бұрын

FIRST

@ethanfoo9154

4 жыл бұрын

Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell Congrats on 10 mil

@lmva

4 жыл бұрын

Wait 3 days ago

@antoneeheathcote8825

4 жыл бұрын

Hey 10 mil

@angiekitchen4449

4 жыл бұрын

@@nasirgoldbourne47 No one cares.

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

@piguyalamode164

4 жыл бұрын

more like 12819

@andrewmurray9701

4 жыл бұрын

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

@LowestofheDead

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@LowestofheDead bruh

@Harpoika

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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 жыл бұрын

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

@TheKitbaby

4 жыл бұрын

@@HerrRussoTragik why not a railgun using megnets?

@PsychoHam

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

*12,019

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 жыл бұрын

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

@Earth_Luna

2 жыл бұрын

thats literally my dream

@ct7204

2 жыл бұрын

Extremely underrated comment

@riskia2733

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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

@lukesenseney1045

2 ай бұрын

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

@reedfagan8330

2 ай бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

They found us using our Caplan thruster

@divyansharse38

3 жыл бұрын

Easy and effective!

@user-fs7zv5zj6h

3 жыл бұрын

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

@r2d2fromstartrack83

3 жыл бұрын

No, the eye is not here go away nomai

@chelseagonzales7584

3 жыл бұрын

Haha!

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 жыл бұрын

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

@Nico-dt5hu

4 жыл бұрын

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

@finjaquetemumnomeaqui4838

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody: The Nobody meme: Overused This Joke: Original

@mcthrull7417

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Nobody: Nobody:

@essae9066

4 жыл бұрын

Nobody This comment: SHIPYEETER

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

@@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,

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

Kurzgesagt: Space tether Me an intelectual: Sky Trebuchet

@RaviRathore7

4 жыл бұрын

Catapult better.. Hate comments incoming.

@bendeguzszabo9640

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh a man of culture, I can see

@lankylizard3584

4 жыл бұрын

@@RaviRathore7 WRONG

@joyce_rx

4 жыл бұрын

@@RaviRathore7 Listen here you little shit

@joyce_rx

4 жыл бұрын

@@seamossyt YES

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

@JamesQuintero18

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

one day a giant skyhook will crash on earth.

Imagine seeing a skyhook just chilling in the night sky.

@thecomet8759

Жыл бұрын

Would be the best day of my life

@That-fallout-fan

10 ай бұрын

That would be eerily cool

@HenryMiller-ox1xu

3 ай бұрын

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

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 жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@riteshsawali264

Жыл бұрын

But making is 1000km long tether looks impossible right now

@BioTheHuman

Жыл бұрын

​@@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

Жыл бұрын

​@@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.

2019: SpaceX 3019: *YeetX*

@badflamer

4 жыл бұрын

Nah Nah man. It's Kobe for accuracy.

@wallahhabibiiii

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my god yes

@aqif5257

4 жыл бұрын

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

@DigitalicaEG

4 жыл бұрын

YeeZ

@jesus7486

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@IIIRobIII

4 жыл бұрын

*YEET*

@asakasakura5312

4 жыл бұрын

Glenn Renner XDD FFFFFLLLLIIINNNGGGG ppl to MARS

@neatpolygons8500

4 жыл бұрын

@@IIIRobIII BIG SPACE YEET STICK!

@aronlinde1723

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@chair._

Жыл бұрын

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

@akhipazham7270

Жыл бұрын

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

@vitcermak7737

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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.

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.

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

@rileysrandom9835

3 жыл бұрын

I mean its true

@daveshusband2606

3 жыл бұрын

@Killerpu Playz well isn't that ironic

@starboi141

3 жыл бұрын

@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 жыл бұрын

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

@Ash-em5pm

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like extra hell

@telescopesfs-officialchann3897

4 жыл бұрын

Yea. That would be horrible

@isaacolaves

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I wont be in school in 2050

@cinnamonshake45

4 жыл бұрын

More like physics

@Drewengtheway

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@O2F2

3 ай бұрын

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

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

* pokes NASA with stick * "Do something."

@somethinggood8272

4 жыл бұрын

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

@BitcoinMotorist

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

@annika4545

4 жыл бұрын

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

@BitcoinMotorist

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@edggui5860

3 жыл бұрын

Hehehehehe

@jerry3306

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeet

@Finkers1988

3 жыл бұрын

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

@sanjaynarkhede7797

3 жыл бұрын

Its is not yetter its tether

@319B

3 жыл бұрын

Y E E T

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.

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

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

@twaynewade2544

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you're young.

@christiandauz3742

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@christiandauz3742 nobody reply

@KTHEDEVASTATOR

4 жыл бұрын

@@thecommentpolice8115 HAHAHAHA

@dr.apollo4226

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

@subhasisbiswas1113

4 жыл бұрын

Dang... RIP

@dmax1

4 жыл бұрын

Straight to the sun lmao

@Aaron-ew5zw

4 жыл бұрын

"This will sure brighten our day"

@benzenehydrocarbon

4 жыл бұрын

*oh fuck*

@kebien6020

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

@Oeltanker

11 ай бұрын

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

@pedromartins6810

10 ай бұрын

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

@_Niqqa_

6 ай бұрын

U want some candy?

@basvandepitte2917

5 ай бұрын

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

@Darkholeguy

16 күн бұрын

@@_Niqqa_ Ur so immature bro WTF so rude

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! 🌟

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

@lordelliott42

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

That was my first thought lol

@b1ff

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@indoorkite651 Good luck getting the funding for that lmao

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

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

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

@chrisclifford7080

3 жыл бұрын

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

@ultraapple3997

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Nicox-cw6zu

3 жыл бұрын

That will be the name

@danielsanjuan7762

3 жыл бұрын

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

@SirNobleIZH

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@Chibbygaming

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Mgl1206

4 жыл бұрын

Caitlyn April riiiiighhhhttttt

@tf2oshaaa

4 жыл бұрын

Caitlyn April what an intellectual brainlet

@theoffbeatninja610

4 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp OP

@theoffbeatninja610

4 жыл бұрын

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!

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)

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

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 жыл бұрын

agreed

@unitNitro

4 жыл бұрын

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

@linecraftman3907

4 жыл бұрын

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

@KuZiMeiChuan

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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.

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 жыл бұрын

Tetherseption

@AngelicDirt

4 жыл бұрын

Yo dawg...

@DoctorpooandtheTURDIS

4 жыл бұрын

*BWAAAAAAAAAM*

@42c28

4 жыл бұрын

He's too dangerous to be kept alive

@JayPatel-ug1nh

4 жыл бұрын

😮

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

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

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 жыл бұрын

*yeet the rockets real hard

@evanescentenquirer2684

4 жыл бұрын

*Elon Musk on weed

@nick673

4 жыл бұрын

Yea like a catapult

@drike_12

4 жыл бұрын

@@CodeCombine No u

@RaskaTheFurry

4 жыл бұрын

Throw ? Yeet

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

@kuniosaiki

4 жыл бұрын

It’s like Roald Dahl but real

@user-bh6cz8kp4q

4 жыл бұрын

design is practically impossible anyways

@Yamyatos

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sdrawkcabmodnar

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

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!!* ❤️🌎🐦‍⬛

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

@frapzilla98

4 жыл бұрын

Good trip? Good yeet

@dustyrean

4 жыл бұрын

Me XD

@lucastornado9496

4 жыл бұрын

Ngl...

@spicygoodness3573

4 жыл бұрын

God I hate you so much lmao

@nonamea9177

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed

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

@fixablehalo

4 жыл бұрын

Oh heck

@Zer0_Flowers

4 жыл бұрын

Well, better hope you don’t have motion sickness

@steffen5121

4 жыл бұрын

Shieeeet

@allenwright123

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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

@jellymc2877

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be so excited to do that.

@anti_neon8910

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine a World War?

@mitaka_78

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

supermacro economics

@imaginationcore2104

4 жыл бұрын

@@anti_neon8910 *worlds war

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

@PallabDutt

4 жыл бұрын

I'm gonna tell that shit to mom.

@hey_therexd

4 жыл бұрын

Who is Ferb?

@ahaokatano3153

4 жыл бұрын

@@hey_therexd Phineas and Ferb

@hey_therexd

4 жыл бұрын

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

@loretus3512

4 жыл бұрын

@@hey_therexd yeah

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

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

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

@hashkeeper

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent comment hahaha

@ActuallyRocatex

4 жыл бұрын

wait like 3 hours and try again

@ShawnLH88

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@yakarotsennin3115

4 жыл бұрын

Ishaz Balao To Jupiter and Beyond!!

@theonejackal89

4 жыл бұрын

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

@sarcasticguy7771

4 жыл бұрын

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

@trazyntheinfinite9895

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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

@chrisspecht2988

3 жыл бұрын

Arguably cooler

@juststevoo

3 жыл бұрын

_N Y L O N_

@yurigouveawagner9432

3 жыл бұрын

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

@Alex-02

3 жыл бұрын

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

@theacegamingdemon6983

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

@garethrees6795

4 жыл бұрын

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

@dasbubba841

4 жыл бұрын

Overnight shipping or it's free!

@ThePandarrrr

4 жыл бұрын

Sweet

@nickmcdonald3083

4 жыл бұрын

It's trig not calc

@VROGamers

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

@pandoratheclay

4 жыл бұрын

Chris 5100 years*

@benurm2390

4 жыл бұрын

>5100 years And it's not exaggerating!

@Crisjebou

4 жыл бұрын

Interstellar?

@sasddu7926

4 жыл бұрын

How do u do bold letters

@pandoratheclay

4 жыл бұрын

Siddanth raja *like this*

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

@KishoreMorax

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@SparseB

4 жыл бұрын

Spinning black hole energy

@legendarytat8278

4 жыл бұрын

No

@sky3fall866

4 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@thisisarjunbutwhythehellar6188

4 жыл бұрын

I found my lost brother

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

@raptorzilla0710

2 жыл бұрын

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

@kevinaryatamawirawan6697

4 ай бұрын

That would be the worst terrorist in human history

This would be a very fun mechanic in a simulation-type game! You can organise a system-wide trading system but you need to keep balancing the skyhooks. When you expand to a galaxy-wide level the gameplay changes again.

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

@naveenarora6467

4 жыл бұрын

EKHmmm cough(U.S)

@user-mc2qh4nv5g

4 жыл бұрын

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

@chandra6063

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Ze_eT

4 жыл бұрын

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

@listenorelse_

4 жыл бұрын

Just tell them that it will make it rain oil!

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

@austinn_6161

4 жыл бұрын

Freddie Does Stuff lol

@lorelo.

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Winther83

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

Lorelo DahWeirdo no one cares

@MatterBeamTSF

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.)

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

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

@victorl6509

4 жыл бұрын

@@chyza2012 Yes, I do. Sundays man

@kragoth

4 жыл бұрын

Didn't we stop watching news after 2012?

@giftapfel

4 жыл бұрын

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

@666Tomato666

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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

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

@toasterkolin9951

3 жыл бұрын

Aliens: Really? We did that too!

@sonofniptwit

3 жыл бұрын

: )

@RavenWolffe77

3 жыл бұрын

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

@chasetoyama8184

3 жыл бұрын

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

@sneakyturtle1117

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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.

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

4 жыл бұрын

You can help by becoming a Patron! :)

@sirapple589

4 жыл бұрын

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

@larrysal8866

4 жыл бұрын

_is that a threat_ xd

@sirapple589

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirapple589 ;)

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

@aitanarus

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ripper2665

4 жыл бұрын

@@marorozco9706 how bout ya jus build a teleporter

@martybenson7417

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

4 жыл бұрын

Marty Benson Well scientists are developing age reversing energy

this makes me so happy and hopeful, and i kind of find it funny how obsessed these guys are with building a multiplanetary empire :D

Thanks for the video!

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

@LazyLifeIFreak

4 жыл бұрын

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

@rainmaker3000

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

But they let airlines fly over their house.

@papa_pt

4 жыл бұрын

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

This is like missing a bus on another level

@Xendruis

4 жыл бұрын

true dat

@squidwardtentacles4610

4 жыл бұрын

on a space level

@negvey

4 жыл бұрын

a short bus?

@-etaq8474

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Orionrobots

4 жыл бұрын

@@-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.

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 :)

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

Aliens: "We fold space and time to get to our destinations." Humans: "We use a giant slingshot!"

@Jobe-13

4 жыл бұрын

CompletelyNewguy Humans are awesome.

@Horny_Fruit_Flies

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@Horny_Fruit_Flies the asgards are no longer capable of such simple concepts

@luchodore

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

Again, humans can be space orcs forever.

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

@hanro50

4 жыл бұрын

Or mars apparently

@aneutralopinion1712

4 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah but what does Mars look like

@alvydasjokubauskas2587

4 жыл бұрын

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

@korhone7077

4 жыл бұрын

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

@David-lc9zn

4 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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

@ishaqtayab4965

4 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@nixpaFPS

4 жыл бұрын

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

@luckytaco4344

4 жыл бұрын

More like YEET

@opheluna

4 жыл бұрын

"Grover go long."

@Ruby-Doc

4 жыл бұрын

*_[Hah!]_*

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

@Ristaak

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

The book Seveneves uses the same technology discuss here.

@ipotatosenpai7002

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit that's so meee

@martonnagy1043

4 жыл бұрын

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

@neegas3490

4 жыл бұрын

Tbh

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

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

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

@5000mahmud

4 жыл бұрын

achillesRising, the Knight of Rage back to reddit

@diegosanchez894

4 жыл бұрын

90kg, 300m. Need I say more?

@pietervannes4476

4 жыл бұрын

trebuchets are catapults though

@luizfelipedeoliveiraandrad888

4 жыл бұрын

@@pietervannes4476 SHUT

@unclekanethetiberiummain1994

4 жыл бұрын

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

“I’m sorry sir, we missed your attachment. You’ll have to wait another 30 minutes for your next chance to attach to the skyhook” “gaddammit”

When I heard this I was shocked that Humanity hadn't achieved this yet. Also having the drive to advance our species that I am currently trying to bring this idea into reality Thank you Kurzgesagt-my favorite channel on KZread. Keep doing awesome work Cheers to a very hopeful 2022 (or i guess 1,2022 as fellow birbs would say)!

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

@sebastiandevosi7043

4 жыл бұрын

Sure you will don't worry you have long life

@joweydelanota5558

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

@@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 жыл бұрын

Climate change...

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

@NeoEureka

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Boss space shuttle program was closed my guy

@Nikotin-lu1xo

4 жыл бұрын

tether and ball torture

@theexam7394

4 жыл бұрын

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 жыл бұрын

@@theexam7394 it's a joke m8

@theexam7394

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

"Unlike the space elevator... a cable and weight." Space elevator: "Aw, come on!"

This is my favourite kurzgesagt video even though for me now it was 4 years ago❤.

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

@jovalleau

4 жыл бұрын

DOOM?

@francisdolarhyde7286

4 жыл бұрын

@@jovalleau Indeed

@anggastapratama2370

4 жыл бұрын

Reloading super shotgun

@ultimaxkom8728

4 жыл бұрын

**Rip and Tear intensifies**

@jasonc584

4 жыл бұрын

*BFG DIVISION INTENSIFIES*

I was waiting for the “but” and he never said it...

@neerkoli

4 жыл бұрын

Swear to God, I was too!

@derekzamzow1338

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, only problem I can see is that it would just be complicated to time everything correctly, but it's definitely possible. I mean I think air traffic control is probably more hectic.

@bingus6050

4 жыл бұрын

Derek Zamzow Yeah that’s what I was thinking however I feel like it would be as complex as rendezvousing with the ISS so??

@xxoan.1613

4 жыл бұрын

@@derekzamzow1338 Ten years ago que though the same about rocket landings

@derekzamzow1338

4 жыл бұрын

@@bingus6050 yeah I think there would definitely be some accidents but in general I believe it would be possible

its so crazy to think, that were just a meter away from traveling in space like how we do with planes.

So cool ! i was sick that space elevator was impossible, this solution sound way better :D

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

@Kredige

4 жыл бұрын

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

@cherrydragon3120

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Moechtegernpilot1

4 жыл бұрын

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

@ATFPredator

4 жыл бұрын

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

@Blitzkugel100

4 жыл бұрын

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

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

@jrbcodes

3 жыл бұрын

We ain't doing well then

@masterblaster3653

3 жыл бұрын

Most intelligent beings on earth Birds

@minecrafting_il

3 жыл бұрын

@@masterblaster3653 Birbs*

@skylynx8326

3 жыл бұрын

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

@quas392

3 жыл бұрын

hitchhiker's guide to the future