by Spider » Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:39 pm
space elevator wouldn't work on the moon. Tis tidally locked. Well, not totally. It rotates at exactly the same rate as its orbital period. But same effect. With such a low rotational speed the elevator cable would have to be unthinkably long. Probably twice as long as one on earth. Hell, best bet would be to hang the anchor point at lunar L1 and drop the cable to the moon from there.