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parent is speaking of a lunar orbital elevator. Given the gravity involved I doubt material would be the issue. Though there may be problems other then streng
by hackeraccount 6y ago
parent is speaking of a lunar orbital elevator. Given the gravity involved I doubt material would be the issue. Though there may be problems other then strength of the material - I think the moon's gravitational field is very irregular for example.
- ChuckMcM 6y agoThis, lunar elevators are well within existing technological capabilities. There have been calls to build a lunar elevator simply to get some practical experiencing in building an elevator.
- pklausler 6y agoWouldn't a lunar elevator station need to be in a much higher orbit ("selenosynchronous"? is that a word) than an Earth-orbit geosynchronous elevator station due to the ca. 1/28th slower rotation rate?
- giancarlostoro 6y agoThis also makes me think of that XKCD whatif article: https://what-if.xkcd.com/157/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/157/