Robert Heinlein wrote of the elevator that is being herein described.
He wrote all about it in “The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress.”
As I recall, the Loonies shipped ore to earth from the moon and received supplies on the space elevator.
I recently reread “Stranger in a Strange Land” and much to my surprise learned that many of the things that Heinlein wrote about as future History are now actually in progress in various stages by Elon Musk. Elon Musk is in fact implementing the future Heinlein fortold
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To me, Elon is a real-life D.D. Harriman.