NASA selects a CU Boulder lab to build instruments for the moon

NASA selects a CU Boulder lab to build instruments for the moon

NASA has selected a proposal from CU Boulder researchers to design and build instruments that will be deployed by astronauts on the Moon.Xu Wang, senior researcher at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), said he couldn't be happier."We've been doing this for decades, and finally we got to the point where we get to fly this," he said.The instrument suite designed at the LASP will analyze lunar dust, which is abrasive like glas…