space bridge

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space bridge (plural space bridges)

  1. (astronautics) Synonym of space elevator
  2. (astronautics) 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.
    • 1992, Ellen Mickiewicz, Split Signals: Television and Politics in the Soviet Union, page 48:
      In a later Donahue/Pozner space bridge the question of editing was dramatically underscored on air in the Soviet Union.

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