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Space/Science » in reply to re: 25% water vs 1%...

Probably

...I agree about the first load of water. But NEO access would enable large space structures using water as mass-shielding and structural material when frozen. And reaction mass. And even fuel-cell reactants.

Accessing carbon/nitrogen-rich kerogens would also be a big boost for habitat biospheres and eventually construction once manufacturing high-strength CNTs becomes cheap and routine. The Moon is well short in the C-N side of things.

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