... LCROSS , LRO , NASA Explanation: Is there enough water on the moon to sustain future astronauts? The question has important implications if humanity hopes to use the Moon as a future outpost. Last year , to help find out, scientists crashed the moon-orbiting LCROSS spacecraft into a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's South Pole. ... Publications with keywords: Moon - water - water-ice - crater . Publications with words: Moon - water - water-ice - crater . ...