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Water ice is the most valuable resource in our solar system right now. And will be for a long time to come.

• pengaru 6y ago
  Ok, but how does that affect the value of metal in space for something like a lunar colony? The moon already has plenty of water ice.
  • valuearb 6y ago
    It’s unclear whether the moon has accessible water ice in any usable quantities. It’s likely shadowed polar ice is locked in rocky regolith.
    • nicwolff 6y ago
      Four days ago: NASA’s SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-water-on-sunlit-surface-of-moon/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-sofia-discovers-wa...
      • valuearb 6y ago
        Exactly. Rocks containing less than 0.004% water by weight aren’t ice or water or accessible water.
• hulitu 6y ago
  > Water ice is the most valuable resource in our solar system right now. And will be for a long time to come. Water has no value except in some places devastated by war. The only valuable thing in this universe is oil.
  • chrisweekly 6y ago
    wat? consider the value, in space, of frozen water ice -- as spacecraft propellant and as life-sustaining hydration for astronauts and as a prerequisite for farming...
  • vagrantJin 6y ago
    Other than the fact that we die without it, Id say its right up there as a close second.