For space colonization you also need some inert gas like Nitrogen, Argon, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Freon, etc. The big air spaces from the O'Neill colonies are a fantasy right up there with the giant robots of Gundam unless you can find huge amounts of nitrogen.
I was modeling a very small Bernal sphere with about 50 habitable acres that spun more quickly than any space colony in the literature (might have to turn down the g's if people can't stand spinning the fast.) The idea was to be a showy destination for LEO with a big impressive airspace. It would take 15 SpaceX Starship loads of LN2 just for the atmosphere.
Since water is not the only volatile you need lunar water might be less game changing than people think.
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For space colonization you also need some inert gas like Nitrogen, Argon, Sulfur Hexafluoride, Freon, etc. The big air spaces from the O'Neill colonies are a fantasy right up there with the giant robots of Gundam unless you can find huge amounts of nitrogen.
I was modeling a very small Bernal sphere with about 50 habitable acres that spun more quickly than any space colony in the literature (might have to turn down the g's if people can't stand spinning the fast.) The idea was to be a showy destination for LEO with a big impressive airspace. It would take 15 SpaceX Starship loads of LN2 just for the atmosphere.
Since water is not the only volatile you need lunar water might be less game changing than people think.