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by thx11389793 2897 days ago
While the materials don't quite exist for a tether that can survive the forces needed to escape Earth gravity, the wiki you linked mentions the moon as a place where current materials could be used.

Makes me wonder about the near-term viability of an elevator on Mars, which IIRC has 2/3rd Earth's gravity...

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The WP page describes the viability of a Martian in the paragraph before the Lunar one.