XPost: sci.space.policy, sci.physics   
   From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   On Oct/19/2016 at 4:29 PM, Jeff Findley wrote :   
   > In article , invalid@invalid.com says...   
      
   >> Space Elevator too ?   
   >   
   > Once the materials are good enough and can be produced economically in   
   > the quantities needed, why hell not?  In the long run it would be a lot   
   > better than chemical propulsion.   
      
   If you are talking about a space elevator for Mars, materials are not   
   really a problem. Mars' lower gravity means existing materials should   
   do. Phobos is more of a problem. Not a show stopper, an elevator   
   anchored away from the equator could be done. Still Phobos is very   
   inconvenient.   
      
   The real reason why we aren't developing a Mars space elevator is that   
   the traffic between Mars and space isn't high enough to warrant the   
   investment.   
      
      
   Alain Fournier   
      
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