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>>10503775
>launch hundreds of tons of shit into LEO for (comparative) peanuts
>also get to keep the upper stage and fairings that could be converted into space station modules, Skylab style
I see no downsides to this. Obviously it wouldn't be man-rated if it was built to be cheap, but you'd be able to launch everything you need to build a small self-sustaining lunar colony with just a dozen rockets or less.
Build a space-tug and park those upper stage hulls in a safe MEO, then later on you could refurbish and connect them into a Mars colony ship, fueled using hydrogen and oxygen mined on the moon.