“it would be more fresh water than is available on all of Earth. “
I hate statistics like this. They make it sound like it has oceans of water. All the FRESH WATER on earth would likely not fill up the Mediterrainean Sea.
Dont forget that “fresh water” includes both polar icecaps, as well as the Greenland icepack, the Great Lakes, Lake Baikal, and so on. Pretty significant, and likely more than enough to fill the Med basin.
I have made potable water for human consumption.
A tall glass of this, I would not drink.
That’s no asteroid, that’s a service station! Good location for an industrial base supporting acquisition of resources further out (cometary ices and gases), to complement the mineral resources of asteroids. A temporary resource stepping-stone, as the bulk of ices/gas are past Pluto.
Good point, I missed that.