From: zenadsl6186@zen.co.uk   
      
   Cray74@gmail.com wrote:   
      
   >> There is no spot at the earth's pole where the moon is constantly visible.   
   >> So the earth end can't be attached at the pole.   
   >   
   > Sure it can be attached to Earth's pole. An off-equator elevator is   
   > going to show a large catenary, so the elevator cable might droop to a   
   > latitude where the moon is constantly visible.   
      
      
   There is no spot anywhere on the surface of the earth where the moon is   
   constantly visible.   
      
   The earth rotates, and no matter where you are on the earth's surface, at   
   some time of day (or some time of year in polar regions) the moon will not   
   be "up".   
      
   >   
   http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/97114main_lunar_elevator.   
   jpg   
      
      
   I don't know what that diagram shows, some context might be useful - except   
   it shows that the Earth attachment point is at the end of the "tramway", not   
   at the pole.   
      
   And the other end of the cable is not attached to the moon.   
      
      
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