It can look dumb, but I always had this question as a kid, what physical principles would prevent this?

  • 𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁@lemmy.mlOP
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    14 hours ago

    Yes, about my setting, it was pretty much an excuse to illustrate the experiment, with like you said, a bit too much of magic.

    The moon being on a straight distance of approximately 1 light second, i didn’t had found another place to put this experiment on. So I didn’t take into account the herculean strengh needed, the movement of the earth and the moon and the gravity.

    Someone gave a link to an answer of my question, with a more realistic take on the position of the other end, but your explanations are still welcome for this moon setting and the “moon elevator” problem :)

    (i know i may have broken english sometimes, sorry about that)

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      (i know i may have broken english sometimes, sorry about that)

      Not at all! I couldn’t tell you aren’t a native speaker. Regarding a “moon elevator”, or more realistically a space elevator, these kinds of Herculean physics problems are exactly what people are trying to iron out. The forces involved are astronomical.