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Moon & Mars Orbiting Spinning Tether Transport - Tethers Unlimited

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Derived <strong>Tether</strong> Deployer Requirements<strong>Tether</strong> kept at constant tension when pulling off reel/running through boomguidepostBraking ability required (space experimentsÕ lessons learned)desire controllability of breaking application to reduce waste heatgeneration/tether wear and have smooth tether deploymentafter some length of tether has been reeled in, the brake must resisttorsional force wanting to unreel tether25

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