The house will have several modules: a place to sleep and eat; a laboratory; a communications computer room; solar panels to make energy; a place for us to grow plants; gym; bunkers; water boxes; inner tubes to be able to enter and exit the moon camp; a solar shield.
The structure will be built underground and it will consist of several modules connected by steel and titanium tubes.

Shackleton crater

We choose to built our Moon Camp in Shackleton crater because it doesn’t experience the daily temperature extremes equator experience. Besides, there is almost constant sunlight in its rim which is very important for Moon landings and for energy production as our camp will be solar powered.

We will dig into the Shackleton crater and build each module inside the holes, connecting them inside the crater.
The materials we would use were:
• Titanium, to build the outer covering of the stairs.
• Steel, to cover the roof and doors of our modules.
We intend to use materials from the Moon (regolith) on the construction. Some modules will come from Earth, while others will be 3D printed.

Firstly, we will recycle the water, saving it in an identified container. We will mine ice water and, then, use water to obtain hydrogen and oxygen through electrolysis.

We are going to bring food from Earth but also seeds to grow food on the moon.. We will plant the seeds in a proper room and harvest them after they grow. We will take potato, onion, tomato, strawberry, beans, lettuce, carrot, courgette, watermelon and blackberry seeds.

The energy to be used would have two main sources: solar (photovoltaic panels plus batteries) and nuclear (adapted submarine reactor brought from Earth).
We will use the kilopower, which is being developed by NASA, and also take advantage of hot steam originated in the nuclear reactor cooling. The hydrogen obtained from water electrolysis would also be used as an energy source.

The necessary oxygen would be obtained from water electrolysis. During the first weeks on the moon, we will use water as well as oxygen brought from Earth. When we start to explore the water of the Moon (mine), the necessary oxygen would be obtained from electrolysis.

This morning we got up and went to have breakfast: strawberries and water. After everyone finished, we went to check the greenhouse to see how the plants were growing. Some time after analyzing them, we concluded that everything was great. We went to the control room to see if the oxygen unit was OK. We also checked the energy produced by the kilopowers and established communications with Earth. We hold a meeting to plan each other’s tasks during the afternoon:
– Go exploring the ice mines.
– Check if there was something damaged. If yes, replace it.
– Load the rovers in the kilopower, after helping the astronauts to replace what was damaged.