The pole would be torn in half.Īnother problem with this plan. The end of the pole near the Moon would be pulled toward the Moon by the Moon's gravity, and the rest of it would be pulled back down to the Earth by the Earth's gravity. For one, someone at NASA would probably yell at us.
In real life, we can't put a metal pole between the Earth and the Moon.
My son (5y) asked me today: If there were a kind of a fireman's pole from the Moon down to the Earth, how long would it take to slide all the way from the Moon to the Earth?įirst, let's get a few things out of the way:
