From: mikecombs@nospam.com_chg_nospam_2_ti.retro.com   
      
   "jim"  wrote in message   
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   >   
   > I havent got a clue about the physicle forces on such a wire, but it   
   > seems like it would only  be 4 times the length of a space elevator..   
   > is it posible?   
      
   I don't think this would work with a system attached to the Earth, but I   
   have heard that with a lunar skyhook (COG is at L-1), the lunar end could   
   attach to the lunar surface a pretty good way away from the equator.  Don't   
   think you could go all the way to the poles, though.   
      
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