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Trying sometime a little different this time - animation. Thanks to my friend, James, for the idea. Diving into the meat and potatoes of engineering this literal stairway to the heavens: the Space Elevator. Hope you enjoy it! Dont forget to watch Kurzgesagts excellent video on the Space Elevator here: (Sorry for the jab guys!)\r
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They say the devils in the details, but thats not really true for the space elevator. The biggest hang ups in this concept are the most fundamental aspects of its design: the mass of the counterweight, getting power to the climber, the strength of the tether. If it ever does happen, it will be creative and passionate engineers leading the way.\r
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-The Clarke Belt is misspelled.\r
-At 1:40 the earth is spinning in the wrong direction.\r
-Kurzgesagt is misspelled.