This asteroid is thought to be loaded with water, but the water is bound to organic chemicals, possibly including such basic building blocks of life as amino acids and nucleic acids. There is no life on KY26, but the basics for sustaining life could be there. That means KY26 could be mined for samples, hollowed out and turned into a natural vessel for humans, who would be able to distill life-giving water and oxygen from the asteroid. David Meisel, a radar astronomer at the State University of New York at Geneseo. These discoveries and their importance to human exploration may be debated from some time.
Water is arguably the most important substance on our planet.
Knowing where it came from and where it could go are important questions for our own survival on this planet.