Propellant

Lunar Water, Rocket Fuel, and the Race to Build the Gas Station in Space

Lunar ice, split into hydrogen and oxygen, is rocket propellant made where gravity is one-sixth of Earth's — the first gas station beyond the planet. Propellant makes the case, then makes the honest confession at its heart: no one has yet proven the ice can be taken. It walks how you would actually mine the Moon, what it takes to stay, the American marketplace and the Chinese march, the law of who owns the loot, and the race for the first fuel. Book Three of the Global Chokepoints: Space Edition, after The Cislunar Race and Orbital Dominion.