really cool work on potential sources of lunar carbon- I'd honestly written lunar carbon SRU off entirely, but Kevin makes a good point that there's nontrivial amounts in the poles, at least for early exploration
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RT @kmcannon
What would it take to refuel a @SpaceX #Starship on the Moon with methalox propellant? In light of the HLS selection I put up a preprint exploring this question: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.13521.pdf
https://twitter.com/kmcannon/status/1387755798533525509
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potentially another point in favor of the cold traps being worth it, even though exploring them is hard
