Impulse Space founder @lrocket on why near-Earth objects and the moon are more important to the space economy than Mars: "The moon is more important in the near-term. It's easier to have a permanent base there. And everything we need to build a permanent base is on the moon — the metals, water, oxygen." "Also near-Earth objects. Some of them are easier to get to than the moon." "Most of them are farther than the moon. But once you escape Earth's gravity, it just takes time to get there. But…