From the show notes[1]: > It’s also interesting that certain designs, such as the one proposed by Moravec (1977), consider a tether whose rotation is chosen su

From the show notes[1]: > It’s also interesting that certain designs, such as the one proposed by Moravec (1977), consider a tether whose rotation is chosen such that its instantaneous velocity when touching the atmosphere is minimized, and effectively zero at the tip during the moment of maximum extension into the atmosphere. [1] https://sites.google.com/view/sources-skyhooks/ https://sites.google.com/view/sources-skyhooks/