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NASA is scaling back its Moon plans, and saying a 2026 human landing on the Moon is unfeasible. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Lugh to c/futurology

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[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I have to suspect a lunar orbiter would be more practical for lunar base building and fueling further missions than a lunar space elevator, wouldn't you need angular momentum from rotation to keep it rigid?

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

its not really about being a better option as much as to see how it would be and work on the technolgy involved in making it happen. with the lower gravity and lack of atmosphere it should theoretically be a best case scenario and can be done without any super materials.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A Martian space elevator can be built with high tensile steel, and will be shorter than one on the moon. I like space elevators, but they work better on smaller bodies with higher rotation, i.e., low gravity and lower stationary orbits.

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 7 months ago

yeah but the moon is close and makes a faster easier testbed. I would actually like to have it followed up by a martian one.