[hackeraccount]

parent is speaking of a lunar orbital elevator. Given the gravity involved I doubt material would be the issue. Though there may be problems other then strength of the material - I think the moon's gravitational field is very irregular for example.

[ChuckMcM]

This, lunar elevators are well within existing technological capabilities. There have been calls to build a lunar elevator simply to get some practical experiencing in building an elevator.

[pklausler]

Wouldn't a lunar elevator station need to be in a much higher orbit ("selenosynchronous"? is that a word) than an Earth-orbit geosynchronous elevator station due to the ca. 1/28th slower rotation rate?

[giancarlostoro]

This also makes me think of that XKCD whatif article:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/157/