Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Chris Dreyer, director of engineering at the Colorado School of Mines Center for Space Resources and the new Mines Lunar Surface Simulator.
Image credit: Barbara David

GOLDEN, Colorado – The Colorado School of Mines has built a large simulated moonscape. The specialized facility is being used to test lunar rovers, evaluate lunar landing and launch pads, excavation gear and assess other hardware ideas.

It’s all about getting a lunar leg up on how best to robotically work effectively on the Moon.

For more details, go to my new Space.com story – “New lunar surface simulator in Colorado puts Moon machinery to the test” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/new-lunar-surface-simulator-in-colorado-puts-moon-machinery-to-the-test

NEUROSPACE GmbH of Berlin, Germany evaluates its modular rover platform within the Mines Lunar Surface Simulator.
Image credit: Barbara David