From: bob_jenkins@burtleburtle.net   
      
   On Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 8:12:38 AM UTC-7, Bob Jenkins wrote:   
   > On Monday, September 16, 2019 at 5:03:11 PM UTC-7, eripe wrote:   
   >    
   > > The force from the moon is tiny compared to the self correcting force to   
   the rotating plane. If the station is 1° off that plane it will be pulled   
   back by a force of sin(1)= 1,7% of its mass.    
   > > The moon can only make it wobble a widdle.   
   >    
   > What assures that the rotating plane of the elevator remains the plane of   
   the equator?   
      
   Oh -- the docking station on earth, wobbling back and forth daily if it isn't   
   in the equatorial plane and dragging the end of the elevator with it?  Hm,   
   that might work.   
      
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