Lunar/Planetary Space Elevator Systems With the advent of terrestrial Space Elevator technology will come the prospect of similar systems deployed for the Moon or Mars and likewise offering the benefits of potentially continuous electric powered transportation between surface and orbit. The lighter gravity, particularly for the Moon, offers potentially easier deployment, a more benign environment for the system to deal with, and development using currently common materials such as Kevlar rather than the more advanced nanofiber. However, the prospect of establishing settlement of sufficient scale to justify Space Elevator development in these places before the realization of bulk long/continuous-strand nanofiber production seems relatively remote and it is more likely that these too will em