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> proposed the idea of a “lunar space elevator,” which is exactly what it sounds like—a very long elevator connecting the moon and our planet. No that's absolu
by trickstra 7y ago
> proposed the idea of a “lunar space elevator,” which is exactly what it sounds like—a very long elevator connecting the moon and our planet.
No that's absolutely not what a space elevator is
- onion2k 7y agoA space elevator is a device that lifts things to space along a static cable. A space elevator on Earth lifts things to outside of Earth's orbit. A space elevator on Mars lifts things to outside of Martian orbit. And a space elevator on the moon lifts things outside of lunar orbit. This definitely is a space elevator by any definition of said technology.
- trickstra 7y ago> connecting the moon and our planet