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The end of the lunar space elevator wouldn't be traveling at geostationary orbital speed, it would be going 28x slower. A rocket could sync with the end of the
by dwaltrip 7y ago
The end of the lunar space elevator wouldn't be traveling at geostationary orbital speed, it would be going 28x slower. A rocket could sync with the end of the elevator at this lower speed, which would significantly reduce the delta-v budget. [1]
Not sure how practical all of this, but that is at least the theory.
[1] Credit to mnw21cam: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20996246 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20996246