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Not sure why it took 2 days for the penny to drop but obviously given a sufficiently strong cable can repeat this on the Earth-L1 side and end up with an Earth-
by dave333 2y ago
Not sure why it took 2 days for the penny to drop but obviously given a sufficiently strong cable can repeat this on the Earth-L1 side and end up with an Earth-Moon tether. Would be interesting to find out how close to earth a currently available cable + payload mass would reach before it breaks. The delta-v between LEO and the lower end of the tether should be small and an elliptical orbit should be able to rendezvous with it.