#lunar settlement

2 stories

#nasa #water ice #blue origin #chang'e 7 #china #colorado school of mines #frontiers in space technologies #george sowers #harvard-smithsonian center for astrophys #jared isaacman #lunar bases #lunar exploration

NASA fears China will lock up the Moon's best real estate
The lunar south pole's water ice is the most valuable territory in space, and NASA worries China will claim it first.
Ars Technica · 2m
Why moon cities may never happen: the water problem
Scientists say lunar water reserves could support small settlements for centuries, but not cities of millions.
Newsweek · 2m