Lunar Water Study: 1M-Settler City Runs Dry in 2.5 Years
A new study in Frontiers in Space Technologies challenges SpaceX's lunar city timeline. Modeling 1 billion tons of accessible water, scientists find 1 million residents would deplete it in under 2.5 years at normal use; only 98% ISS-style recycling extends it to 100 years. For space planners, this makes closed-loop life support and ISRU extraction the critical path.
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