Craig Hardgrove
I'm a planetary scientist at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration. I study the Moon and Mars using neutron and gamma ray instruments, and I was the principal investigator of NASA's LunaH-Map mission, a small spacecraft that flew to the Moon on Artemis I.
I've also spent a long time making things about video games: music, audio dramas, and science work with the people who make them. This page collects all of it in one place.
Science
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neutrons.space My research group: missions, instruments, and student projects. - ASU faculty profile Publications, courses, and the official university version of me.
Games
- Science consultant to Bungie on Destiny Advised on planetary science for the game's worlds; in the Special Thanks credits of Destiny (2014). Bungie wrote about the collaboration in a 2014 update.
- LunaH-Map in Destiny 2 My real spacecraft is hidden on the Moon in Shadowkeep (2019); players who find it earn the Orbital Cartographer emblem, based on the mission patch.
- Ride Along: Mars Toured the game's Mars with Bungie world artist Jason Sussman, talking about the real geology behind the environments. On Bungie's channel, 2015.
- Guardian Radio Co-host and resident scientist on the early-days Destiny community podcast (2013–2018); the earliest episodes are re-released on Apple Podcasts.
- An interview with Alex Seropian My conversation with the co-founder of Bungie, hosted on the Marathon music site.
Music
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The Marathon Music Remade Full remakes of the soundtrack to Bungie's 1994 game Marathon, completed in 2011; streamable and free to download. - Songs Older music: guitar songs, electronic pieces, covers, and sketches.
Audio drama & readings
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Ghosts and Echoes An audio drama I wrote and produced (2013–2016), set in the world of Destiny. Also on YouTube and Apple Podcasts. - Grimoire card readings Audio versions of Destiny's grimoire cards (2013–2016), including "The Last Word" and Thorn series.
Older projects
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eigenhat, an archive My first website (2003): a webcomic about a penguin with a top hat, a short story, and other early experiments.