• Bloops@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    You could make a space elevator easier that’s true. But due to the low gravity and lack of an atmosphere, you see mass drivers suggested more often. They’re also much simpler.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      1 year ago

      Mass drivers are definitely simpler and will almost certainly get built first, but they don’t quite fill the same role because space elevator allows for docking in orbit.