Mr_Lobster t1_j0v0ju5 wrote
Reply to comment by thiosk in Phobos' orbit prevents a traditional geostationary space elevator on Mars, but it is possible instead to build a downward space elevator from Phobos itself by Icee777
That actually is where I got the idea. They blew up Deimos in the show and I was like "Could they really do that?" So I calculated the gravitational binding energy of it and found that, yes, they totally could.
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