The article presents a new concept of space transportation platform as a combination of space tether system, energy storage system and space station system.

提出了一种旨在降低地月往返运输成本的新型空间投射接收平台概念。

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I knew what it meant: The handrail could be completely pulled off and the safety tether might break, and I might therefore be pushed into space.

我知道这意味着什么：扶手可能会被完全扯下来，安全绳可能会断裂，我可能因此被推到太空中去。

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If you're not familiar with the space elevator, perhaps you've heard it referred to by one of its other names: the bean stalk, the orbital tether, the nonsynchronous orbital skyhook.

如果你对太空升降梯这个名词并不熟悉，那么你或许曾经听过它的一些别名：豆茎，轨道缆索，还是非同步轨道天钩。

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One thing we love about scientist-types is their nerdy humor, so when researchers launch a trio of satellites next month to test the feasibility of space tether propulsion, the 'gadget' tasked with 'inspecting' the line will obviously be referred to as bumbling cartoon detective Inspector Gadget.

ENGADGET: Inspector Gadget tackles 'The Case of the Experimental Space Tether'

Eventually the company is hoping to use its research to create orbiting systems that can fling other satellites into deep space, but seeing how the last Dnepr rocket crashed and burned on liftoff in 2006, Team Tether is probably best off taking this endeavor one step at a time.

ENGADGET: Inspector Gadget tackles 'The Case of the Experimental Space Tether'