A company called Lunar Station is using about 60 years of lunar data from NASA and other space agencies to help plan future work on the Moon.NASA’s open-source Ames Stereo Pipeline turns images from satellites, rovers, and older missions into three-dimensional terrain maps that show features such as rocks and elevation.Lunar Station’s MoonHacker programme combines data in NASA’s Planetary Data System to look for signs of shallow pits that may contain water. The same tools can help plan landing sites, rover routes, mining research, and communications.The company also uses a digital twin of a rover or satellite to model radiation exposure during a mission. That lets engineers think through the protection a spacecraft may need before it travels.
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NASA Data Is Helping Plan Future Work on the Moon
A commercial space company is combining decades of NASA mapping and sensor data to plan safer lunar landings, rover routes, and communications.
Open NASA data is being put to practical use by a commercial space company, helping turn decades of public science into better-informed plans for exploring the Moon.
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