FTA: > “By extending a line, anchored on the moon, to deep within Earth’s gravity well, we can construct a stable, traversable cable allowing free movement fro

FTA: > “By extending a line, anchored on the moon, to deep within Earth’s gravity well, we can construct a stable, traversable cable allowing free movement from the vicinity of Earth to the Moon’s surface,” say Penoyre and Sandford. > The savings would be huge. “It would reduce the fuel needed to reach the surface of the moon to a third of the current value,” they say.