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Would you log this as a building or an antennae?

http://inhabitat.com/...high-space-elevator/

Just make sure not to jump from zero-gravity point!

How cool is that! I hope I get old enough to experience when space elevators become reality!

I hope to get old enough to see the first parachute landing on the Moon.

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I wonder how well a parachute would work on the moon.....I mean why didn't they use them on the landers to save fuel on decsent

I heard hesitations were a bitch.

peraps they might be able to see the dust cloud from earth, I wonder what terminal velocity would be like.

Not applicable because the moon has to little atmosphere. At the surface of the moon gravitational acceleration is about 1.6 meters/sec/sec so depending on your elevation above the surface your falling speed towards the surface would increase 1.6 meters/sec for every second you fell.

Will jump tickets on the moon be 6 times cheaper as the consequence?

at one sixth we could probably bungee launch, like a big sling shot

Safety tip: the temperatures during the day reach 253F (123C), so watch out for density altitude!