Also I loved the wardrobe for Avasarala in the Expanse series (and the story in general)...so glad it got continued♥.
Here's an interview with the costume designer:
Did you know that, with money and effort, they can actually build an elevator from the moon to, almost, earth. You could take an Elon starship into the sky and dock with the bottom of the elevator, then ride a cruise ship sized elevator to the moon! It's because the moon doesn't rotate and it could all be solar powered too. So no rockets to explode.
The hard part is to get from earth into space to begin with.
The moon does rotate, every 28 days. Actually, space elevators work by connecting a point where the rotational velocity is the same as orbital speed, or go out further to escape velocity. Would not work if the planet did not rotate. It has to be super strong to support thousands of miles of cable.
A space elevator can theoretically work on any planet or moon. With lower gravity on the moon it is feasible with known materials, would not have to be as strong as one from earth to orbit (which is beyond current technology). But earth's gravity complicates it.
Isaac Arthur discusses lunar space elevators in this:
