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No cities on the Moon: a billion tons of water is not enough for sustainability
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That formerly perfect environment could not support the current human population. And I'm not saying we're doing a good job in terms of long term planning here. I'm merely pointing out that we have the ability to shape our environment, and that's what allowed for our civilization to exist in the first place.
Great at shaping our own environment for the immediate stuff like shelter, temperature, food, logistics. But the more foundational long-term stuff, like an atmosphere or a local ecology? We don't have a great track record.