https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-august-31-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=headlines-21st-century-tech-august-31-2012 Science, Technology and the Future Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:30:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-august-31-2012/#comment-2054 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:49:21 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=5864#comment-2054 The big benefit of a space elevator on the moon would be that you could launch a cargo shipment from Earth to the top of the elevator, and then the elevator would land it softly on the moon’s surface without the necessity of big landing thrusters and lots of fuel that would have needed to be carried all the way from Earth. Once you have a significant presence on the moon, the elevator would make it easier to launch stuff back to Earth. Now whether or not the benefit exceeds the cost is an open question.

]]> https://techsomogro.com/headlines-21st-century-tech-august-31-2012/#comment-1904 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 13:25:51 +0000 http://www.21stcentech.com/?p=5864#comment-1904 Love the space elevator & 3D race car alone, awesome
3D is viable for Liftport project alone.

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