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Science 11 February 1966:
Vol. 151. no. 3711, pp. 682 - 683
DOI: 10.1126/science.151.3711.682
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Satellite Elongation into a True "Sky-Hook"

John D. Isaacs 1, Allyn C. Vine 2, Hugh Bradner 3, and George E. Bachus 3

1 Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla
2 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
3 Scripps Institute of Oceanography

The theoretical possibility of self-supporting cables extending into space from earth and from extraterrestrial rotating or revolving bodies is examined. In principle, augmentation (and duplication) of the installation and the launching of masses into orbit or into space could be accomplished with energy derived entirely from the rotation of the central body. In practice, a portion of the total energy requirement would probably be supplied by simple mechanical devices.


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Ocean Energy: Forms and Prospects.
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Sky-Hook: Old Idea.
V. Lvov, J. D. Issacs, H. Bradner, G. E. Backus, and A. C. Vine (1967)
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