Does building a base on the Moon increase the total mass throughput humanity can deliver to elsewhere in the solar system — and at cosmic scales (Tt/yr), what constraints bind first on each side?

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What is the lunar regolith mining + processing rate ceiling at industrial maturity, and what fraction of launched mass must remain Earth-shipped 'vitamin' material (copper, REE, polymers, electronics, lubricants) — does that fraction shrink with closure or asymptote at a non-trivial floor?

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