lovely donna besser name is heading up the training. geology is important because it's the history of our planet our solar system and for us the planetary surfaces are still. the origin of the solar system. and that's one reason why researchers are eager to examine more real lunar rocks. just as in an actual moon mission the scientists are on hand to give guidance they sit near ground control in this simulated mission and. this is the view from. the site. are you ready for the description. and the science room is ready for the description. and out there in the harsh arid environment the astronauts. in a manner of speaking they're the hands and feet of the earthbound crew collecting samples for the good of science. could be one of the next astronauts to actually bring back rocks from the moon. stuff that even got on you tube the scientists would rather spend an hour examining each stone collecting all kinds of possible data from them but on the moon i'll probably only have enough oxygen for 8 hours so that means that i have to work very