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NASA observations and scientific references
Globe image: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio, CGI Moon Kit (2019), LRO/LROC/LOLA. The included JPEG is the Wikimedia Commons preview of Moon_texture.jpg. Visual map, not measured game terrain; base marker fictional.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4720/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_texture.jpg
M³ / Chandrayaan-1 polar ice composite: NASA/JPL.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/ice-confirmed-at-the-moons-poles/
LROC illumination map: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University.
https://science.nasa.gov/photojournal/south-pole-illumination-map/
NASA CCMC DONKI: archived flare, not a current forecast.
https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/DONKI/events/30666/2/
NASA OSDR RadLab: HERA-HSU1 measurements aboard Orion, not lunar-surface dose.
https://visualization.osdr.nasa.gov/radlab/gui/data-api/
Life support: NASA Environmental Control and Life Support Systems.
https://www.nasa.gov/reference/environmental-control-and-life-support-systems-eclss/
Communications concepts: NASA LunaNet and lunar surface propagation.
https://www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/lunanet/
https://www.nasa.gov/glenn/glenn-expertise-space-exploration/scan/lunar-surface-propagation/
Landing-site context: Robert P. Mueller, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Lunar Landing & Launch Pads (30 October 2020), NTRS 20205009125. Reference for landing hazards and pad concepts, not validation of the game route. In the delivery lesson, terrain, distances, timing and cargo are simplified game values. Regolith ejecta and rocket-plume physics are not simulated.
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20205009125
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20205009125/downloads/Lunar%20Landing%20%26%20Launch%20Pads%20v1.pdf
Tools and assets
Godot Engine 4.6.3, GDScript and built-in graphics/UI. Godot MIT and engine third-party notices:
https://godotengine.org/license/
Blender and its glTF exporter; original models generated with Python/bpy scripts. GLB metadata identifies Khronos glTF Blender I/O v4.3.47.
https://www.blender.org/about/license/
https://www.python.org/
Presentation production: OpenAI artifact-tool and LibreOffice Impress. Liberation Sans used in the presentation (SIL Open Font License 1.1); this font license does not apply to the presentation as a whole.
https://github.com/liberationfonts
https://www.libreoffice.org/
Original synthesized audio was created for Lunar Lab. Its copyright and permission notice is reproduced below and applies only to those audio assets. Audio is non-diegetic, not sound travelling through lunar vacuum.
AI disclosure
OpenAI ChatGPT and Codex assisted with code, design, original model-generation scripts, synthesized audio tooling, research synthesis, automated tests and presentation/submission drafting. Human direction and feedback shaped the work. NASA records are attributed observations, not AI-generated measurements. No NASA endorsement or professional astronaut certification is claimed. Gameplay coefficients and outcomes are educational simplifications.
Scope
This list records verified project materials and tools, not an exhaustive declaration of every team member’s personal contributions. No license for all project code or geometry is granted or inferred here. NASA and third-party resources retain their own applicable terms.
AUDIO NOTICE — VERBATIM
Lunar Lab original synthesized audio
Copyright (c) 2026 Lunar Lab contributors
These recordings were created specifically for Lunar Lab using original additive
synthesis. No third-party recordings, samples, performances or compositions were
used. The soft ambient score and UI cues are non-diegetic; they do not imply sound
propagation through lunar vacuum.
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
these audio assets, to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
and/or sell copies, subject to inclusion of this copyright and permission notice.
THE ASSETS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THE ASSETS OR THEIR USE.
GLOBE NOTICE — VERBATIM
LUNAR LAB — LUNAR SURFACE IMAGE
Included asset: lunar_nasa_lroc.jpg, 1280 x 640 JPEG.
Creator / requested credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.
Source visualization: CGI Moon Kit (2019 map), LRO / LROC / LOLA.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4720/
Retrieved as the 1280-pixel preview from the Wikimedia Commons mirror:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moon_texture.jpg
The included JPEG is unmodified. Wikimedia preview is downsampled from its
27360 x 13680 original; no extra color correction or image synthesis applied.
Rights checked 14 November 2026:
The Commons file page credits NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio,
links to NASA SVS 4720 and explicitly labels the asset public domain
in the United States (PD NASA). NASA SVS FAQ permits use and redistribution
of its content unless otherwise noted. No contrary restriction appears
for this item. NASA logos and endorsement claims are not included.
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/help/
https://www.nasa.gov/nasa-brand-center/images-and-media/
Scientific and presentation limits:
This is a color visualization, not a scientific measurement layer.
NASA SVS describes white-balance/exposure processing and inpainting;
LROC color data spans 70N to 70S, with polar regions filled from lower-resolution
LOLA albedo. The sphere has no elevation displacement. Lighting is illustrative,
not current lunar illumination. The game base marker is fictional and does not
assert a measured coordinate, actual base or confirmed landing site.
The game and its simulated outcomes are not NASA products or endorsements.
Orientation:
The equirectangular map is centred on longitude 0. Shader mapping is explicit:
+Y north, +Z longitude 0, +X longitude 90 east.
u = 0.5 + atan2(x,z)/(2*pi); v = 0.5 - asin(y)/pi.
The visible near side starts facing the camera, north up. No horizontal
mirroring or vertical inversion is applied. The seam is on the far side.