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Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find

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Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find
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Some countries and even wealthy individuals are setting their sights on the Moon, with ambitious plans to create a lunar colony.
That would require a lot of resources launched from Earth, but how much water and power would be required to keep a lunar city going?
Astronomers Martin Elvis and Jonathan McDowell from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have now taken a look at the resources required for several population sizes.

When it comes to power, the pair think it should be possible to

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