LondonA “moon rush” of bases, villages and heavy industry now hinges on one deposit.

Every stage of that plan draws on the same scarce polar ice, scientists warn.

The water sits only in permanently shadowed craters at the lunar poles, discovered nowhere else so far.

Researchers are questioning how far the settlement sequence can scale on that single source.

How each outlet framed it
Phys.org
emphasizes water ice (1 billion tons) at lunar poles, contrasts feasibility of self-sufficient "moon villages" with ISS limitations

Sources: Phys.org