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Credits:

Space Elevator Economics: Building And Operating A Superhighway To Space

Episode 726; June 19, 2025

Written, Produced & Narrated by: Isaac Arthur

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Adrian Nixon

Ludwig Luska

Peter Swan

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Katie Byrne

Phil Swan

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