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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by dredmorbius on Friday September 06, 2019 @02:50PM (#20898611)
If you can source materials in situ, this might be a useful way to create GEO platforms at lower cost than Earth launch.
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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by logfromblammo on Friday September 06, 2019 @03:08PM (#20898793)
If the theory is correct, you could build satellites on the Moon and slowly walk them to GEO at zero fuel cost with solar power.

Any circular orbit with height between 5% and 41% of the Earth-Moon distance could be placed more cheaply by flying out to rendezvous at 41% with fuel, then walking it back in along the cable with solar power.

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