The creation of permanent cities on the Moon faces a fundamental challenge: water scarcity. The article addresses the difficulty of maintaining a sustainable lunar population due to the limitation of water resources on the satellite.
The study indicates that even in the most optimistic scenario, with a water recycling rate of 98% efficiency, a lunar city with one million inhabitants would face water shortages in just over a century.
This discovery represents a significant obstacle to long-term lunar colonization plans, raising questions about the viability of establishing permanent human settlements on the celestial body.
