Space elevator trips could be agonisingly slow

&#62; The culprit is the Coriolis force<p>I remember reading about this (effect on space elevators) years ago, so I'm not sure it's a new idea.

It would be awesome if we (we being, whatever country tries this first) had the money to basically build some basic system that works, although slowly, then improve on it over time. Of course, we're talking billions of dollars of raw material, not code here so I guess it won't happen until they have a for-sure method of doing this right :(<p>Still, a very cool concept.

I prefer the Hacker method of just trying it, and see if it works.<p>Also, could they try it on the Moon first?

Off-world sex could be messy, awkward

As long as it's still cheap, slow is fine for most types of cargo.