Space Elevator for the Moon
Theme:
Science
Tag:
Private Panel
What:
Panel
When:
12:00 PM, Sunday 3 Oct 2021
(1 hour)
Where:
Gateway Center
- Salon 1
How:
The Moon rotates in a month, much too slowly for centrifugal force to pull tight a cable of reasonable length for a lunar space elevator. But there is another force available - Earth's gravity. Depending on the mass of the counterweight, the cable might have to reach halfway to Earth. Kevlar® meets the strength/lightness requirements.
Moderator
St. Louis Space Frontier (a chapter of the National Space Society)
(retired)