3 ms·

Well if we can get a cable to the Moon, we could attach it to a crank at the North or South poles to generate electric power.

• k_sze 7y ago
  Wouldn’t that slow down the speed of rotation of the earth and the revolution of the moon around earth? That would be catastrophic.
  • Doxin 7y ago
    I'd imagine that the amount of energy stored in orbital momentum is a lot higher than anything we could use up in any reasonable amount of time.