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Doesn't the moon rotate too slowly to make a space elevator work? IIRC you can't take up a ground-stationary orbit around the Moon because the Earth would cons
by jandrese 6y ago
Doesn't the moon rotate too slowly to make a space elevator work? IIRC you can't take up a ground-stationary orbit around the Moon because the Earth would constantly knock your satellite around with its big gravity well.
- inglor_cz 6y agoI think this is where the Lagrange points L1 and L2 would help.
- zardo 6y agoYou can have a ground stationary satellite if you tether it to the moon. Though obviously the tether has to deal with that extra load. The best sites for permanent outposts are the poles though, it would be quite a drive from the equator.