[RightWhale]

The main reason why Apollo ended the moon flights was that the moon turned out to be dessicated. To transport water to the moon in support of a base or settlement would have been so far outside the budget that it wouldn't ever happen.

Since then water has been found to be common in the solar system--a main component. We ought to inventory the smaller icy bodies and decide where it would be best to send them and how to handle and manage them so we don't waste any. And then begin moving them to the moon, to Mars.

[blam]

Move'm to a moon orbit and use a space elevator to move the water to the surface, eh?