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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If the Moon uses its entire propellant-production capacity to supply LOX/LH2/H2O/etc. to LEO and cislunar (rather than burning it on Moon-launched cargo): how much does Earth-launched cargo's effective rocket-equation tax to Mars/NEAs/Belt/outer destinations fall, and what is the resulting throughput multiplier per Earth launch — relative to Earth-direct?

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