There is simply not enough real moon dust to meet NASA's needs. To run tests and perform
the necessary research as it prepares for the next phase of lunar exploration, NASA needs tons of the product. "We need tons of it, mainly for working on technologies for diggers and wheels and machinery on the surface," says David S. McKay,
chief scientist for astrobiology at the Johnson Space Center (JSC).

Presently, there is only one geoscientist near Dallas, Texas who can precisely pound volcanic ash that is obtained from a cinder quarry near Flagstaff, Arizona, into NASA approved JSC-1A lunar regolith simulant. JSC-1A closely matches the chemical composition, mineralogy, particle size and properties of lunar mare soil.

JSC-1A is the only approved simulant that has been developed to support NASA's future exploration and research of the lunar surface.

Moon Dust Pens™ have been developed to commemorate, the 40th Anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing, as well as NASA’s 50 years of space exploration!
W.I.S.E. Retail Solutions has acquired a very limited amount of JSC-1A lunar simulant and is producing  Moon Dust Pens™ in extremely limited commemorative collectible editions.