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Probably not enough water to surf on, but still quite interesting.
At least to my way of thinking, I disagree with "There was zero accepted evidence that there was any water at the lunar surface, (but) now it is shown to be easily detectable, though by extremely sensitive methods..." Previous explorations have shown that there was water there but the amount and how it's bound up is still to be determined. For example I'll cite this report:
Cassini, which passed by the moon in 1999 on its way to Saturn, provides confirmation of this signal with its own slightly stronger detection of the water/hydroxyl signal. The water would have to be absorbed or trapped in the glass and minerals at the lunar surface, wrote Roger Clark of the U.S. Geological Survey in the study detailing Cassini's findings.
The Cassini data shows a global distribution of the water signal, though it also appears stronger near the poles (and low in the lunar maria).
Otherwise, I hope we don't trash the moon as bad as we're trashing the earth. I don't know how everyone on earth can agree to such a deal, but I'd like to see it go in the direction of nobody owning any part of the moon or any of its resources. Those who use and/or are permitted to extract resources should have to pay into a "global moon fund" that would be used to fund general maintenance operations on the moon. This might all sound crazy, so just chalk it up to my lunacy.
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