The Launch Loop is a type of space vehicle launch assist mechanism that allows us to transfer vast amounts of energy and momentum from ground based generators to a launch vehicle high in the upper atmosphere.

View Lofstrom’s 2009 updated paper:
http://slides.launchloop.com//launchloop.pdf

Lofstrom’s response to the episode:
http://launchloop.com/UpwardBound

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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”