Didn’t know there was a blog about space tethers, by Kirk Sorensen no less. Toss payloads from LEO to GTO or towards the moon (to EML2 perhaps). Without fuel, since the tether can re-spin with electromagnetic thrust using the Earth’s magnetic field.
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