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Originally Posted by David Brinza
If enough water is locally accessible, the logistics of supporting permanent lunar bases becomes easier. With water, one can readily produce oxygen for breathing and hydrogen for fuel. With enough water, lunar regolith could become a building material (i.e. moon concrete). Delivering water from earth to the moon is very expensive ($M/gallon?), having it in the crater next door opens many more possibilities for colonization.
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I gotcha. So, essentially it makes spending the billions to get to that point more worthwhile if it's easier to maintain the eventual *fingers crossed!* base?
@EricH
I'm already a SpaceX junkie. I sincerely hope they get the chance to fly a crewed Dragon, but I'm a cautious optimist. There's a lot of work and uncertainty between next year's inaugural launch (currently looks like Feb 2nd) and an eventual crewed launch.