#lunarexploration

The results piece has the metrics table. This is the other half: the decisions, the forks I parked, the harness I built before training anything, and the negative result I published so nobody re-runs it. Director's commentary on building a solo ML pipeline.

In March 2025 a lander reached the lunar south pole and tipped over. That gap between the most valuable ground in the solar system and the hardest to read is the thing I couldn't put down, so I spent a few months teaching a single laptop to scout it.

ALAN SCOTT ENCINAS CASE STUDY · LUNARSITE (FULL PIPELINE) LunarSite: An end-to-end ML pipeline for lunar south pole landing site selection Sim-to-real terrain...