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NASA report.
~10,000 cubic kilometers, more than even the most enthusiastic colony concepts could use in the whole 21st century, and even if we don't take recycling into account at all. The ground has 50-85% water ice, buried under a 1 to 10 meter surface layer of regolith - it should be easy to access this ice.
Good news for plans for manned missions, especially plans that would use this ice to produce fuel on the surface of Mars, and of course good news for colony plans.
~10,000 cubic kilometers, more than even the most enthusiastic colony concepts could use in the whole 21st century, and even if we don't take recycling into account at all. The ground has 50-85% water ice, buried under a 1 to 10 meter surface layer of regolith - it should be easy to access this ice.
Good news for plans for manned missions, especially plans that would use this ice to produce fuel on the surface of Mars, and of course good news for colony plans.