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The main difficulty for this kind of tug is finding the market. There is currently only a very limited market for such missions:
The market fit is quite difficult, and this requires high investment. So very hard problem until we have an actual space economy with people on the moon.
I think there'll be a market for higher energy insertions: lunar missions, or beyond. Basically any part of the market served by the centaur upper stage. I also think it'll combo well with Starship, maybe with a stretched tank.