Originally posted by One Bad Pig
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I was also thinking maybe the other end of the elevator might be just in a longer orbit around the earth, but like you said it would have to be pretty long for the centrifugal force to overcome the pull of the lunar gravity if it were anywhere close to the moon. I think the same if you tried to put it in a shorter orbit, or even in front of or behind the moon in the same orbit.
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