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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by spaetzleesser on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:00PM (#30307532)
If you are concerned about a launchpad for other missions the moon is much better. Lower gravity, easy to reach.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by mannerheim on Friday February 11, 2022 @05:25PM (#30307742)
How would you produce fuel and propellant on the Moon? SpaceX plans on producing methane and lox from water and CO2 on Mars.
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Re:Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest star by Tepix on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:12AM (#30344683)
You could produce oxygen and hydrogen from the water ice and the carbon dioxide cold traps on the Moon.

There may also be more carbon below the surface, see https://phys.org/news/2020-05-carbon-emissions-moon-theory-b...

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