space bridge

noun — 3 senses

space bridge

noun
1

Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Synonym of space elevator.

2

Aerospace, Astronautics, Business, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Synonym of skyhook (“tether for launching payloads into space”).

3

Historical A series of experimental international telecasts between Soviet and United States viewers, arranged by enthusiasts during the late Cold War era.

  • In a later Donahue/Pozner space bridge the question of editing was dramatically underscored on air in the Soviet Union.1992, Ellen Mickiewicz, Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union, page 48:
Related terms
telebridge

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