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Wouldn't attaching the pole at a pole (heh) be a better strategy to avoid uncomfortable relative velocities? It would also have the advantage of providing a fi

Wouldn't attaching the pole at a pole (heh) be a better strategy to avoid uncomfortable relative velocities? It would also have the advantage of providing a fixed place on the earth to find a stash of warm clothes and an energy drink.

albertgoeswoof 8y ago
If you fix it to a point on the earth, how will it get to the moon?
- ranko 8y ago
  The (fire) pole wouldn't meet the (geographic) pole vertically. In fact, I suspect it would have to travel through the Earth, which might be a little bit disruptive as the moon orbits...
- RyJones 8y ago
  the pole doesn't need to be straight. It could be hook shaped.
jobigoud 8y ago
The Moon orbits the Earth on the Ecliptic plane.
jerf 8y ago
You're going to have yet more fun with the fact that as your position on the (metal) pole approaches the (planetary) pole, gravity is going to start tilting until at the very end you are traveling horizontally, or at least close to it. Evaluating how much this effects the problem is difficult, as for the (metal) pole meeting Earth on the equator the answer is "laughably impossible", and for the (metal) pole meeting at (Earth's) pole the answer is "laughably impossible", and which one is "harder" will depend entirely on your assumptions about how the impossibilities relate. Relative to having actually climbed up to L1 and relative to surviving descent into Earth, being on a horizontal pole rather than a vertical one may not be seen as a very big deal.