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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

Astronomical research institute of the Smithsonian Institution, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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science1 publisher

Lunar water budget could sustain a town of 10,000 for centuries, but not a city of a million

Researchers at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Durham University costed drinking, hygiene and food water against the Moon's polar ice. How long a settlement lasts turns almost entirely on which ice estimate goes into the model.

Publishers:discovermagazine.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption8
Hype gap+25
Incentives25
Confidence55

science2 publishers

ISS-grade water recycling buys a million-person moon city just over a century

A feasibility estimate in Frontiers in Space Technologies divides the lunar polar ice by what a large population would consume. At the inventory the authors call current, the settlements that last for centuries hold 1,000 to 10,000 people.

Publishers:phys.orgphysicsworld.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+28
Incentives45
Confidence58