A space elevator is possible with today’s technology (dangle it off the moon) (opens in new tab)

(technologyreview.com)

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Fjolsvith6y ago· 1 in thread

An elevator cutting through the air at 1000 miles an hour is not practical.

And how do you transfer large quantities of goods and personnel from the flying aircraft to the dangling elevator?

"Pie in the Sky" thinking, of course.

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