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They suggest that a lot could come from the moon. This page has the rough breakdown of where each part would come from https://www.canva.com/design/DAGmr3ubC8E/LHHAeeAIGGQe_TkZVs-...


Yeah, no way space projects this size are built from materials lifted from earths gravity well. Like, you could probably do it as an achievement with launch loops[0] or an space elevator[1]. But it makes no sense if you have material ready to use just flaoting in space (asteroids) or in a much more shallow gravity well (Lunar stuff can be easily launched to orbit via mass drivers).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_elevator




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