BOULDER - Golden Spike Co. will team with the Lunar and Planetary Science Institute in Houston to present a two-day seminar to explore the kinds of landing sites, experiments and geological traverses its astronauts will undertake on the moon starting by 2020, the company announced Monday.

The seminar will be held Oct. 3-4 at the institute.

Boulder-based Golden Spike was incorporated in 2010 with the objective of providing human exploration expeditions to the moon.

"We're excited to announce this workshop, which will seek input from lunar researchers from across the world regarding scientific priorities for Golden Spike expeditions," said Alan Stern, chief executive and president of Golden Spike. "We also expect this workshop to multiply interest in our missions from science and space agencies across the globe."

The workshop will consist of sessions organized around topical themes, invited presentations and discussion panels. Stern and Gerry Griffin, Golden Spike's board chairman and former director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, will give a multimedia presentation about Golden Spike at the workshop.

More information about this workshop, including an opportunity to provide an expression of interest in attending and potentially speaking, can be found at http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/gs2013/.