• HubertManne
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    623 days ago

    its not really about being a better option as much as to see how it would be and work on the technolgy involved in making it happen. with the lower gravity and lack of atmosphere it should theoretically be a best case scenario and can be done without any super materials.

    • @GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      323 days ago

      A Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.

      • HubertManne
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        222 days ago

        yeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.