• unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Wut? Impracticality aside, could they build such a “ridiculously long tether”? What’s they make it of? Musk farts? Can’t wait for him to bankrupt the u.s. and build a space elevator that breaks and shatters, ruining astronomy and prospects of drone explorations of Mars

    • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Uh, well truth be told, you could probably use steel cable or carbon fiber for a lunar space elevator cable, but you would need some really insane quantities… Like I said, I wouldn’t recommend it, just go the mass driver route instead.

      But why are you even bringing up Musk? Nobody is suggesting involving him…