LCROSS
Image of Plume at +20 after impact
Near-infrared spectrometer data. Yellow areas indicate the water absorption bands
Data from the ultraviolet/visible spectrometer
And we only need to bring the Scotch, because the LCROSS impact data indicates water on moon, and not just water on the moon, but lots of water on the moon.
It appears that we are talking gallons of water in an area the size of a football field, which is by earth standards pretty f$#@ing dry, but is actually enough to be “mined” as a resource.
This is interesting not just because it makes the possibility of a habitation there more interesting, but it also raises the question as to the source of the water.
The usual suspects here are comets, the solar wind, or some hitherto unknown lunar process.