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> while they're not sci-fi to the extent of something like FTL travel - ie. they're technically not physically impossible

On Earth.

Zylon or M5 [1] could build an elevator on Mars. Kevlar on the Moon.

To drive this home, it’s estimated we could build a lunar space elevator for less than what Bechtel fleeced NASA for a mobile SLS launcher [2][3].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M5_fiber

[2] https://opsjournal.org/DocumentLibrary/Uploads/The_Lunar_Spa...

[3] https://oig.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IG-22-012.pd...



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