Skyhook (cable)
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title:
Skyhook (cable)
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A skyhook is a "hook" used to lift an object on a long cable hanging from the sky, without readily apparent support. In the mid-20th century it was common in the Boy Scouts and occupations such as oil drilling to send new recruits on a futile search for such an imaginary object, as a practical joke. In construction, when material or equipment arrives onsite before the foundations are designed or built, the common remark voiced, "The home office wants us to use skyhooks!" The term has subsequentl
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Hypothetical aerial technology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhook_(cable)
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2023-04-27T08:44:33Z
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