At long last, we have arrived on the Moon! NASA DEM (Digital Elevation Model) data was used to create accurate height maps. The data provided is 7 meters per pixel, so scale is a bit off (approx. 1m:50m), a bit like a table-top simulation of a large part (5km square) of the lunar surface. This is an expansion of an earlier single-sim project of the same surface elevation[video here]. 1/8th gravity means this turbo-charged golf cart gets big air! Tons of fun can be had trying to jump across the many craters and basins.
Represented here are the Anderson, Freudlich, and Buys-Ballot craters on the South Pole of our celestial companion.
A Challenge: There is one source of water found in this landscape. Find the water, and you have a source of Hydrogen and Oxygen to power the life-support systems for a Lunar Habitat!
Update: I found this curious video of a lunar landscape simulation with activities for NASA Education in SL (Oct. 2009).
