SEATTLE, WA – Interlune, a natural resources company, announced that it has been awarded up to $4.84 million in a grant from the Texas Space Commission (TSC) to develop and test highly specialized simulants of Moon dirt, or regolith.
Interlune will use the grant funds, along with internal investment, to create a Lunar Regolith Simulant Center of Excellence near NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Simulated lunar regolith is crucial to testing technology and equipment being developed by myriad companies and government agencies, including instruments, landers, rovers, and other equipment.
Rob Meyerson, Interlune cofounder and CEO said, “Lunar regolith is different from dirt here on Earth, so a highest-fidelity testing environment on Earth is of tremendous value to Interlune and the entire lunar exploration community. This support from the Texas Space Commission to develop novel lunar regolith simulants will create a massive U.S. advantage in space innovation.”…