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Would this have to be under pressure or could it be 24.5 kelvin in a vacuum and still be a solid? Also nice job on the 700 posts :D

Also there is the fact that there is a small push on the rope from the sun, the rope would act as a small solar sail.

We would have to observer the rope, Earth's current gravity the moon is escaping, however would the rope escape the same way the moon is or since it is closer would it stay? It might stay but if that was true wouldn't the moon be staying as well. since the speed and distance is proportional to...

The way I understand plasma is that is almost a gas except some of the electrons of separated from the nuclei entirely making positively charged. Is there a temperature in which Iron is by definition a gas, and not a plasma? Also, can something like a noble gas become a solid?

Even so with the current velocity of the moon and the gravity of Earth It would head back to the moon due to centrifugal force, but are you assuming that there are the right conditions for the rope to overcome the centrifugal force and not drift due to centrifugal force?

This is different then a space elevator because it is under gravity by both the moon and earth. A space elevator uses the centrifugal force to overcome gravity pressing down on it, meaning the problem he is stating can only be achieved using the two celestial bodies in question however a space...

Thanks for the reply I had this idea milling around in my mind all day. :D

There is evidence that suggest that the moon is pulling away from out orbit though. http://lro.gsfc.nasa.gov/moonfacts.html CTRL-F search for drift or 1.5

So you are asking what a unit of measurement squared is? As in km² or m²?

Not sure how strong it would be but depending on the mass of the rope centrifugal force would just push it back to the moon. If the gravity of the Earth was less then the centrifugal then the rope would go back to the moon I believe, However if was more massive the gravitational force would...

Ok this one is purely theoretical and I'm going to just make some assumptions. 1. No Debris will block the way. 2. Its A vacuum 3.The structure won't collapse. Ok, first we drill a hole through one side the Earth and out the other. We then wrap the new whole in a superconducting coil of wire...

Wouldn't the rope tear? I mean Earth's gravitational pull is stronger are we assuming the rope is strong enough to withstand the tension? Also is it attached to the surface or just touching?