Moon Camp Explorers Gallery 2020-2021
In Moon Camp Explorers each team’s mission is to 3D design a complete Moon Camp using Tinkercad. They also have to explain how they will use local resources, protect astronauts from the dangerous of space and describe the living and working facilities.
Team: 3B
Scuola Secondaria di primo grado G. Galilei, Barlassina Barlassina (MB) Italy 14
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Project description
This project was created by class 3B of Barlassina (Italy). |
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Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?
Close to the Lunar Poles Why did you choose this location?
In 2017, NASA detected extremely cold areas on the moon. It was assumed, soon after confirmed, that there might be ice on the surface. The poles are in fact cold areas, where temperatures remain well below 100 º C, far from the areas illuminated by the Sun, for this reason they say it’s rich of ice, brought by ancient comets, so we thought about placing our base at the poles to get water to use during daily life. How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Which materials would you use?
The main module will be divided into 4 probes containing a corridor folded in two to form a cylinder. At the moment of the landing they will be arranged and will open forming a square apparently not united by the vertices. Then domes (technopolymers) will swell from one exit of each corridor , to join the square . When the astronauts land they will inflate another dome in the center of the square to form the greenhouse.Then I will use 3D printers working with earthy material and cover the dome of the field,for protection.More will be set up a field of photovoltaic and solar panels Explain how your Moon Camp will provide the astronauts with:
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Water
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Food
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Electricity
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Air
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We could use a urine filter, composed of a few elements, connected to the toilets, once collected the urine passes through filters that turn it into drinking water. Most oxygen can be obtained by electrolysis which serves to separate a compound by electric current, and are inserted into a container containing water with two electrodes connected to the two poles of the battery. Positive ions will be attracted by the electrode negatives, while negative will be attracted by the positive electrode. Once the electrodes are reached the substances are discharged forming hydrogen, and oxygen. |
In the first months you will have to eat food brought from the ground, and the best method of storing food is vacuum that consists in sucking air from the food container, the food is packaged in disposable packages, the packages must be easy to dispose of. |
For energy, solar panels will be used to heat the water and solar photovoltaic panels to produce energy. |
Most oxygen can be obtained by electrolysis. That process is used to separate a compound by electric current. To avoid the accumulation of toxic substances special carbon filters may be used. |
Describe a day on the Moon for one of your Moon Camp astronauts
The typical day of an astronaut on the lunar territory is totally upset by the terrestrial one, in fact the duration of the day alternates with that of the night every 15 days, so a man will no longer be able to orient himself based on the usual solar day. To orient themselves, astronauts follow a very strict timetable, taking Greenwich Mean Time as a reference point: 6:00 AM: Beginning of the day, with personal hygiene being a fundamental thing, no longer having one’s usual immune system, breakfast and control of the messages received during the past night; 7:30 AM: Planning of the day, achieved by the teleconference with the land base; 8:00 AM: Preparation of daily work to be performed and review of space base procedures; 8:30 AM: There will be a first shift, consisting of satellite searches on the lunar territory; 10: 30-11: 30 AM: Morning gymnastic training 12:00 AM: Lunch 1:00 PM: There will be a second shift where the searches performed in the morning shift will be finished and rechecked; 6:30 PM: Preparing the moon base for the night 7:30 PM: Briefing for the following day, report of the day with the terrestrial office 8:30 PM: Dinner and free time 9:30 PM. Preparation for the night (personal hygiene etc ..) 22:00 PM: The lights go out. |