Could Balloons and Elevators Replace Rockets for Space Travel?

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From hypothetical magnetic levitation trains and space elevators that aren’t even attached to the ground, to very real space cannons tested in the 1960s, humans have come up with a lot of ways to hurl stuff into outer space.

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