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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q8b-moon-propellant-for-moon-launched

If the Moon uses its entire propellant-production capacity on Moon-launched cargo (mass-driver-boosted-then-burned chemical/NTR upper stages, or fully propulsive chemical/NTR ascent from regolith): how much interplanetary throughput does Moon-as-launcher deliver, and how does that compare to the Moon-as-supplier case (q8a)?

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