Using a space elevator to get water off Ceres

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pavel_lishin · 1h ago

I'd like to see a cost comparison of building it, vs. that fuel savings. Its gravity is 0.02G, apparently - 2% of the surface gravity of Earth. It might be cheaper to just fling things into space with hand-cranked spring-power.

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Using a space elevator to get water off Ceres

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