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		mannerheim on Feb 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Earth-like planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest s... How would you produce fuel and propellant on the Moon? SpaceX plans on producing methane and lox from water and CO2 on Mars.

Tepix on Feb 15, 2022 [–]

You could produce oxygen and hydrogen from the water ice and the carbon dioxide cold traps on the Moon.

There may also be more carbon below the surface, see https://phys.org/news/2020-05-carbon-emissions-moon-theory-b...

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