space bridge

English

Noun

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.

Alternative forms

• spacebridge

Related terms

• telebridge