Plenty of Ice Awaits Future Moon Settlers at South Pole Crater

If humans ever move to the moon, we’ll need a steady supply of the two most basic elements for life: Sunlight and water. The lunar poles have long been prime candidates for settlement, because they’re exposed to sunlight almost all the time and because for at least three years now, scientists have known they contain water. One particular promising crater just had its water content freshly measured, and there's plenty of ice. The Shackleton... full story