Moon Water Shortfall Threatens Elon Musk’s Lunar City Plan
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Elon Musk’s plan for a self-growing Moon city within 10 years faces a critical hurdle: even optimistic estimates put lunar water reserves at around 600 million metric tons, which would only support a 1‑million‑person city for a few years. With high recycling (about 98%), that could extend to roughly a century, but a large-scale lunar metropolis remains unlikely unless more water is found, imported, or usage is drastically reduced; smaller Moon villages could last for centuries.
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