According to a report by Japanese scientists, the previous belief that there may be ice on the moon could be incorrect, and it might just be a shiny white rock called anorthosite.
This has implications for potential lunar bases, as they wouldn't have local access to a water supply, therefore making permanent occupied establishments less viable.
Is this a killer blow for colonisation of the moon, or merely a setback?
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2013...living-on-moon
On the plus side, this means that there probably aren't any Nazi bases on the dark side.