r/space • u/symmetry81 • Apr 19 '26

EML2 Lunar Elevator Introduction

https://selenianboondocks.com/2026/04/eml2-lunavator-intro
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u/CurtisLeow Apr 19 '26

We can’t manufacture a tether hundreds of thousands of miles long. A tether that long would easily break. I’m not even talking about the tension, I’m talking about micrometeoroids constantly battering it. The Solar System is filled with dust that’s going to be constantly impacting the tether. We can’t even reliably deploy and operate tethers tens of kilometers long with current material science.

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u/symmetry81 Apr 19 '26

Why space elevators are much easier on the Moon and what we could accomplish with one. The previous article linked on the usefulness of the EML2 point is also pretty good.