What would be the advantage S of building a space elevator on the moon first?

“The space elevator will reduce the cost of getting from Earth to space. It will also allow us to take very large payloads into space very easily, very safely. Because of that, we can build cities on the moon. We can build large solar arrays in space to collect energy from the sun and beam it down to Earth.”

Is a space elevator practical?

A space elevator is possible with today’s technology, researchers say (we just need to dangle it off the moon) Space elevators would dramatically reduce the cost of reaching space but have never been technologically feasible.

Can space elevator be built?

While progress has been made in several respects, the concept still hovers on the edge of possibility. For some scientists and engineers, the enduring challenges are enough to conclude that a Space Elevator will never be built (at least here on Earth).

Is it possible to build a space elevator?

Real Engineering takes a look at the feasibility of space elevators, and the short answer is, yes it is possible. It is primarily a materials challenge; namely, a tensile strength challenge for the cable that engineers would need to solve.

What is the principle of a space elevator?

Modern concepts of space elevators are based on a different principle – tension. The elevator would be built using a cable attached at one end to the Earth’s surface and to a massive counterweight at the other end, above geostationary orbit (35,786 km).

How space elevators will work?

The main components of the space elevator would be a cable anchored to the Earth’s surface, reaching into space. A counterweight would be attached at the end, and inertia would ensure that the cable remains stretched out, countering the gravitational pull on the lower sections, thus allowing the elevator to remain in geostationary orbit.

What is the elevator to the Moon?

An elevator to the moon might not be as crazy as it sounds. A moon-based elevator to space could radically reduce the costs and improve the reliability of placing equipment on the lunar surface. Such a lunar elevator would make the transport of supplies and materials from the surface of the moon into the Earth’s orbit and vice versa possible.