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In-situ testing for space equipment is complex when it has to be developed on Earth, which is the case for literally all of it, at least for now. Typically, engineers and scientists developing the next Lunar or Martian robotic explorer would seek out exotic destinations that, while they look like they fit on another planet, were just more exotic parts of ours. The robotics team at DLR, Germany’s space agency, decided they could do better.
Some of the simulant materials included at the site include basalt, lava rocks, and suevite, a type of melted rock commonly found in impact craters. The terrain consists of all the classes you would expect to encounter on other worlds. That includes a tunnel, some gullies, sand dunes, and hills everywhere. There are also large boulders, mounds, and other obstacles that rovers and robots of different locomotion types must pick their way through.
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