Lunatics vs Rockheads: the battle continues

Andy Goddard wrote:

>Here's a solution...get me one of George's big fat nitrogen-rich (I'm
>lacking in nitrogen on the Moon) asteroids, if he can find any, and impact
>it near the head of my lunar mass driver/materials processing plant.
>Problems solved, both camps happy.
>
>Andy G
>
Wouldn't the volatiles do just what their name says: evaporate and
disappear on crash landing?

But apart from this detail I agree with you. It's premature to say
asteroids or moon.
Moon is quicker to reach, can be teleoperated much easier, but may lack
volatiles and
needs a little more delta-v (you can install a mass driver on asteroids
too, I'd say).