Making a bigger splash than expected, the crash of an empty rocket stage in a permanently shadowed crater near the moon's South Pole last month kicked up a surprising amount of water ice and vapor, confirming the presence of a potentially valuable resource for future space travelers.I'm here today to tell you that indeed, yes, we found water, said Anthony Colaprete, the project scientist and principal investigator for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. And we didn't find just a little bit, we found a significant amount.Holding up water jugs to make the point, he said if you remember, a month ago we were talking about teaspoons going into glasses over football fields. Well, now I can say today that in the 20- to 30-meter (65- to 100-foot-wide) crater LCROSS made, we found maybe about a dozen of these two-gallon buckets worth of water.
