/sci/ - Science & Math

>>10990228
the lunar space elevator in that proposed study only reaches down to the height of geostationary orbit, meaning you'd still need rockets to get to it.
>>10991246
Only on the Moon. For the space elevator on the Moon, all it takes is a really long piece of fishing line.
>>10991290
>>It would save a fuck ton of money with fuel and allow space tourism or something like that that could make money.
we don't know if the lunar fishing line will necessarily save money or fuel.

what does /sfg/ think of the Moon fishing line? Apparently we could stretch a really, really, long piece of fishing line from the Moon's surface to the height of geostationary orbit:
https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.09339
And we might even be able to get stuff to and from the Moon with it.