Today we look at using Space Towers, Buoyant Structures, Airships, and Space Fountains as means of launching spaceships, as well as their other applications to create enormous structures that normal materials could never permit.

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Cover Art by Jakub Grygier: https://www.artstation.com/artist/jakub_grygier

Graphics Team:

Jarred Eagley

Katie Byrne

Misho Yordanov

Murat Mamkegh

Sergio Botero

Stefan Blandin

Script Editing:

Andy Popescu

Connor Hogan

Edward Nardella

Eustratius Graham

Gregory Leal

Jefferson Eagley

Luca de Rosa

Michael Gusevsky

Mitch Armstrong

MolbOrg

Naomi Kern

Philip Baldock

Sigmund Kopperud

Steve Cardon

Tiffany Penner

Music:

Sergey Cheremisinov, "Sirius"

Kai Engel, "Endless Story about Sun and Moon"

Koalips, "Kvazar"

Markus Junnikkala, "A Memory of Earth"

Dan McLeod, NeptuneUK, "Mysterious Universe"