One of my favorite parts of the simulator is the landscape from far away (500-1000 meters) and also up close. Being able to see realistic smoke when drilling for samples is just plain nice. Looking at the terrain, you can tell that COHAB (home base) has landed inside not only one crater, but in one crater that's inside a second much larger crater. One of the objectives in Mission 1 is to extract different minerals from the area.
So far I have managed to find:
Silica
Florite
Iron Oxide
Water
Antimony
Tantalum
and Iron
I am hoping to find cobalt soon (for bragging rights). Of course, my EVA suit only holds so much oxygen!
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