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by ChuckMcM 2060 days ago
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.
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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?