Our moon base will be called “Ark”, because thansk to it life will be possible even in other places, other than the Earth. It will be formed of many cylindrical rooms with a glass ceiling, connected by tubes where you can pass. It will have an underground part too, that will include a control centre for the miner robots, and a warehouse with provisions. The control centre will also coordinate operations and experiments. We’ll have solar panels outside of the base. Our machinist will turn off the machines and the robots at midnight and will turn them on at 5 a.m. to avoid crises that may happen while the astronauts sleep. The astronauts could not wake up in time in case of a night emergency.

Close to the Lunar Poles

We’ll build the lunar base at the North Pole where the Sun shines for 6 months without interruptions. We’ll build it near a natural shelter (a crater, or small mountains, or canyons) to protect the astronauts from unexpected meteor showers.

Our lunar base will be made of an underground control room, dormitories with a bed and a bathroom, gyms with 70 kilograms weights, laboratories, and a garage for the rovers. There will be an underground machines room separated from the control room. The plantations will be in the centre of the base: not only will they be more accessible, this way it will be easier to repair any damage to the oxygen pipes.

For the water supply, we’ll use fuel cells to produce energy and clean water at the same time. We’ll need to add minerals to water to make it potable. We’ll use water electrolysis and we’ll capture the water vapor that won’t be used in a still , to transform it into water

To get food, we’ll use the hydroponic plantations: it’s a type of mixed agriculture and breeding where a symbiosis between fish and plants is created. The water that contains waste contents produced by fish will be used to irrigate and fertilize the ground and to make plants grow. Fish will reproduce, permitting the astronauts to have a varied diet, which will enliven their mood, as well as keep them healthier. Astronauts will eat insects too, that reproduce fast and have a high calorie and protein content.

We will use solar panels in the 6 months of sunlight, then we’ll use a nuclear reactor (fusion or fission). On the Moon we can find materials like Helium 3 and Tritium. Those elements are perfect for nuclear fusion. If that isn’t possible, we will use Tritium or spare Hydrogen. To get them, we will use our robo-miners commanded by the control room.

Via electrolysing the water gathered from the ground, we will be able to divide hydrogen and oxygen, providing oxygen for the base and for the moon walks. However, our main oxygen resource will be the hydroponic plants: these will have to be sent on the Moon well before the astronauts arrive, so the plants could grow. To recycle the CO2, we will lock the plants room and expel the gas in the morning or we could recharge the estintors.

An astronaut ( the machinist ) will get up at 5 am to turn on the robot miners and the machines, eliminate the CO2 and open the plants’ room. The machinist must also analyze the 3d prints and check for errors. The rest of the team will get up at 7, dress up and have breakfast.
After that, the crew will make the morning briefing where the tasks will be divided. An air scansion and a scan for minerals will be done as well. Finally, the crew will react to the meteo. The doctor will collect body fluids samples from everybody, to check for any illnesses. The machinist will stay in the machine room all day, to be sure that everything goes right and tell the robo miners what to mine and to scavenge.
Meanwhile, the other astronauts will do their chores. Then, they will have lunch together. In the afternoon, the machinist will collect the minerals that the miners found, make all the stuff that the crew needs, and then send the robots back to mine. The machinist will also start to print some things in 3d for the next day. When someone finishes their daily tasks, he/she will go to the gym. At dinner, the crew talks about the medical analysis and they will make an inventory of what they have. Next, the astronauts will relax and they will go to bed at 23. The machinist must stay awake until 24, to shut off the machines and close the plants room.