The name “Amaris” which we chose for our camp means “Child of the Moon” in Spanish.Every
single one of us feels a strong connection to the Moon so that’s why we named our camp
“Amaris”.

In the base there will be six astronauts who will stay and explore the moon for nine
months.We feel like six astronauts is the perfect amount for the exploration and if everything
goes according to the plan nine months will be enough to learn everything we want.After nine
months there will be a final meeting with Earth to discuss the outcomes of the exploration, if
the outcomes please us, astronauts will return to Earth and bigger plans will start for the
future.

The Moon environment is very dangerous for the astronauts. Explain how your Moon Camp
will protect them.
Most of the base will be set in underground so astronauts will be protected from radiation,
temperature differences and meteorites or micrometeorites, but for the outside parts of the
base we will print a protective layer from water, regolith and lunar soil by 3D printers.That
layer will protect the base from possible dangers.In case of a fire we will put a button in every
room which will close the doors of the room where fire started so the fire won’t spread.

Shackleton crater

We decided to set our base in the Shackleton Crater because in Shackleton we can have
access to one of the biggest water sources on the moon which will ease the difficulty of
finding water, also rovers won’t have to go far away thus the fuel problem will be solved.The
other advantage of the Shackleton Crater is that, it is exposed to 80-90% of sunlight, thanks
to that collecting energy in the solar panels will be way more easier.

Controlling the rovers from Earth would be difficult because of the distance so we will
programe the rovers to construct the base. Materials besides regolith will be
exported from Earth in easily assembled parts and rovers will assemble them.The protective
layer that will be build for the outside parts of the base will be printed with 3D printers from water and regolith.

To provide water, we plan to use the underground ice sources.Rovers with driller parts
will dig up the ice and bring them to the base, in the base we will store the ice in a metal tank
which connects to every room with filtered pipes but ice has to melt into liquid form to flow
so until it melts the astronouts have to use the water that they brought from Earth.Besides that
method astronauts will recycle their urine into water.

We want astronauts to eat the same as they do in earth because changing habits can
cause difficulties in adapting.We will export the dairy products from earth, vacuum them and
keep it in the storage room.We don’t want food to end before the return of the astronauts so
we will send at least a one year supply with them.Astronauts will grow all the vegetables and
fruits in the greenhouse they can with the seeds that will come from earth.They will also bring
nutritional sources that includes carbonhydrate and protein.

The biggest electricity source that will be used in the base is solar panels.Solar
panels will store the energy they saved through solar rays.The collected energy will be
distributed by cables to the base.Thanks to the location of the base solar panels alone will be
enough so enormous batteries won’t be nessecary.Because our only energy source is solar
panels if they broke down everything will be at risk, we will avoid it by connecting at least
two solar panels to every room.

To begin with, we will export air from earth and keep it in a metal tank.The air we
brought from earth won’t be enough so by electrolysing the water we recycled from astronauts
urine, we will attain oxygen and hydrogen.This will give us a long term solution.Besides that,
the plants we grow in our greenhouse will release a small quantity of oxygen and that can
refresh the environment around the greenhouse.

The astronaut crew will include a chemist, a doctor, a botanist, a physician and two
mechanical engineers.Missions will change according to their professions.Astronauts will wake up at 6 am. After they wake up, they have one hour to get ready, have breakfast and exercise.When the break ends at 7 am they will start their tasks.When their tasks are done they will report everything.Around 12 pm their first shift will be over.Then, they will have a three hour break to eat lunch, have some free time, exercise and talk to their families.When the clock hits 3 pm they have to get back to their missions.After four hours of work they will have dinner at 7 pm.Before they go to bed at 9 pm they should make the last controls.In saturdays they will get up at 7.30 am, like ISS they will spend saturdays with cleaning.When the cleaning is done, astronauts can use their time however they want but they must check the base every hour in turns until they go to sleep at 10 pm.In sundays they will get up at 8 am and everyone must talk to a psychologist for at least 30 minutes through the communication devices.They will sleep at 9 pm.Also exercising is very important to keep their bones and muscles in shape, in the Moon the lack of exercise can cause serious health problems so they have to exercise every day.