[Billthedrill]

According to the scientists' calculations, it would be possible to construct such a structure using existing technologies.

That's a bit of an exaggeration. Current materials available will not do - steel, for example, would snap long before it reached the requisite length. This proposal only gets the rider from the moon to a geostationary orbit:

...instead of building the elevator from the Earth’s surface (which is impossible with today’s technology), it would be anchored on the moon and stretch some 200,000 miles toward Earth until hitting the geostationary orbit height (about 22,236 miles above sea level), at which objects move around Earth in lockstep with the planet’s own rotation.

So you still have a 22,000 mile drop to manage, or a 22,000 mile climb if you start at the Earth's surface. I'm thinking big-ass escalator myself. And then you're trapped in an elevator with a dude who had burritos and cheap beer for lunch, listening to Mantovani's version of Stairway To Heaven over and over and over and over...

[Magnum44]

[OldMissileer]

I'm thinking big-ass escalator myself. And then you're trapped in an elevator with a dude who had burritos and cheap beer for lunch, listening to Mantovani's version of Stairway To Heaven over and over and over and over...

Oh, geez. Kill me now!

[DUMBGRUNT]

I think Businesses Insider has a low budget AI system that slices and dices the originals while adding flashy keywords.

But everyone knows ‘only the gods dwell in the details’.

Some actual detail:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614276/a-space-elevator-is-possible-with-todays-technology-researchers-say-we-just-need-to-dangle/