NASA’s Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS has found water on the moon.

According to NASA scientists the frozen water was found as a result of last month’s exciting experiment that sent two spacecraft crashing into the moon’s surface.

While one  rocket slammed into the permanently shadowed Cabeus crater near the moon’s southern pole,the second rocket found water present in samples taken from the plume of material that billowed up from the bottom of the crater after the impact, reports abc.net.au.

“We’re unlocking the mysteries of our nearest neighbor and by extension the solar system. It turns out the moon harbors many secrets, and LCROSS has added a new layer to our understanding,” said Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington.

“We are ecstatic,” said Anthony Colaprete, LCROSS project scientist and principal investigator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif. “Multiple lines of evidence show water was present in both the high angle vapor plume and the ejecta curtain created by the LCROSS Centaur impact. The concentration and distribution of water and other substances requires further analysis, but it is safe to say Cabeus holds water.”

Michael Wargo, chief lunar scientist at NASA headquarters in Washington, said the discovery holds promise for future exploration. Using solar energy, future astronauts could, in theory, break down recovered ice and in effect live off the land.

“Water can be used for the kind of things we think about every day, drinking water if we have extended crews on the surface,” he said. “You can break it down and have breathable air for crews to breathe. But also, if you have significant quantities of this stuff, water really is the constituents of one of the most potent rocket fuels: oxygen and hydrogen.”

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NASA Says There's Water On That There Moon!