![]() What we have beyond that as well though, we also have lots and lots of other vital resources in. So what we start talking about as maybe one of our fundamental steppingstones for what are we talking about in the space economy, we start talking about water-based and hydrogen-based economies as, as a real level set starting point. If we want our friends and family out there, we, we need water. We can also turn it into oxygen just for humans to be able to use when they're living on the surface of the Moon or in space stations around the Moon, and of course water is fundamental to any kind of life that we want as well moving forward that is gonna be joining us. So we can turn this ice into fuel for our rockets, our satellites. And what we can do with the ice on this lunar surface is we can crack it and we can turn it into propellant for other systems in cislunar space and lunar space and beyond lunar space. Ben Pearson: The first and probably most vital resource that's gonna be available to us in the near future is the billions and billions of tons of water locked in ice on the lunar surface. Natalya: Is there anything that will provide an economic tipping point to really spur further exploration so that we go after those assets up there? We wanna be pushing towards the asteroid belt, and we wanna be justifying our expansion into the solar system and making sure that we're bringing those assets all the way back down to Earth to help the people who are here and to help bring those people who are here on Earth into the broader solar system with us. ![]() We want to be able to explore orbital environments, that we're able to take advantage of microgravity and be able to start manufacturing really, high-fidelity systems that you simply could not be able to build in an Earth gravity environment. one of the really big things we need is a good reason to be out there, and the reasons that we start going there is to explore lunar regolith, for example, to be able to find ice in that lunar soil, to be able to find other resources in that lunar soil. So when we ask what we need to get up there, one are the reasons. And what we're talking about in the near future is beginning to be able to unlock those capabilities and those futures. ![]() But the fact of the matter is, as well, the vast resources of space will really pull humanity forward in the future in a very, very real tangible sense. Of course, there's immense value, and the human need for exploration and to push our boundaries and to be able to find out what is out there and really explore the human spirit. Ben Pearson: So one of the first things that we really need to do and really to be able to establish to be able to start working in space is we need to establish our ability to generate value from space. What can you tell us about some of those challenges that you work with getting us up there? Natalya: So before all of that starts, it's all about getting there. What can we do when we go past the Moon to Mars and the asteroid belts and everything that's in deep space beyond? I'm a strategic planner in commercial civil space, and my primary focus is the lunar infrastructure and all the fantastic things we can do on the Moon and even looking beyond the Moon. I'm Ben Pearson for Lockheed Martin Space. Ben, can you tell us your name and your title? I'm talking to Ben about untethering from Earth.
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