From Goddard’s first rocket to space elevators and mass drivers, we explore 100 years of rocketry—and the launch technologies that could carry humanity beyond rockets.

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Credits: Beyond Rockets - 100 Years of Rocketry and What Comes Next

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

Editor: Charles Slatkin

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Chapters

0:00 Intro

1:48 The Pioneering Century

5:49 The Physics of Rockets

8:20 The Coming Revolution in Launch Systems

11:50 Beyond Rockets — The Alternative Gateways to Space

12:26 Space Elevators

13:49 Skyhooks and Rotovators

15:04 Orbital Rings

17:58 Mass Drivers and Coilguns

19:05 Nebula

20:18 Launch Loops and Dynamic Tethers

21:13 High-Altitude and Hybrid Launch Systems

22:39 Toward a Post-Rocket Civilization

23:15 The Road Ahead — Humanity’s Next Launch Century

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