How about Fake moon dirt? I read it! Right in Cory Doctorow's Boing Boing...check it...
Short on real moondust to study, NASA scientists are planning to manufacture huge amounts of fake moon dirt.
Tons of it as it would seem! Ok, there IS a reason, I confess...but it's so weird to see FAKE MOONDUST! Ok, here is the skinny..
Apparently, samples acquired during the Apollo missions aren't nearly enough to test how machinery will act on the lunar surface. As a result, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has contracted with aerospace R&D firm ORBITEC to manufacture 16 tonnes of three varieties of simulated moon dirt.
Click the title link for more info!
Short on real moondust to study, NASA scientists are planning to manufacture huge amounts of fake moon dirt.
Tons of it as it would seem! Ok, there IS a reason, I confess...but it's so weird to see FAKE MOONDUST! Ok, here is the skinny..
Apparently, samples acquired during the Apollo missions aren't nearly enough to test how machinery will act on the lunar surface. As a result, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center has contracted with aerospace R&D firm ORBITEC to manufacture 16 tonnes of three varieties of simulated moon dirt.
Click the title link for more info!
