I don't understand how a space elevator would be advantageous in terms of the energy required to get something to space. The load still has to reach orbital velocity.
Will the station at the end of the tether still need a rocket to deal with the additional mass? Is the fact that this rocket only has to go up once the core advantage?
Wouldn't the load going up the elevator pull the tether to one side?
Will the station at the end of the tether still need a rocket to deal with the additional mass? Is the fact that this rocket only has to go up once the core advantage?
Wouldn't the load going up the elevator pull the tether to one side?