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No. Stop and think about it. The moon rotates every 28 days with respect to L1/L2.
by throwawaymaths 4y ago
No. Stop and think about it. The moon rotates every 28 days with respect to L1/L2.
- actionfromafar 4y agoI try! :-D Isn't the moon tidally locked and that's why we never see the "far side" of the moon? And the lagrange points are between us and the moon? If so, I don't understand why the anchor on the moon can't be fixed.
- Smaug123 4y agoFor what it's worth, I think you're right, although it's been a very long time since I did any mechanics. The tidal locking isn't completely perfect, so the elevator would probably have to be basically a spool of rope rather than an anchor; and the Moon's axis of rotation precesses every 18 years ish per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%27s_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini%27s_laws, so again there would need to be quite a lot of flex in the elevator; but I don't see why it couldn't be done.