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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by marshray on Friday September 06, 2019 @06:50PM (#20900577)
Well if we can get a cable to the Moon, we could attach it to a crank at the North or South poles to generate electric power.
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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by k_sze on Friday September 06, 2019 @09:24PM (#20901198)
Wouldn’t that slow down the speed of rotation of the earth and the revolution of the moon around earth? That would be catastrophic.
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Re:The Spaceline: a space elevator alternative achievable wi... by Doxin on Monday September 09, 2019 @09:04AM (#20917710)
I'd imagine that the amount of energy stored in orbital momentum is a lot higher than anything we could use up in any reasonable amount of time.
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