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 dangers of space and describe the living and working facilities in their Moon Camp.
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Our Moonbase is called “Iota Coronae Borealis Base” or just “Iota Base” after the star in the Corona Borealis constellation. The base will be completely experimental and will enhance our knowledge on:
1. Long-term effects of low gravity on the body (bone loss, muscle loss, cardiovascular problems, etc.)
2. Experimental centrifuge.
3. Advanced equipment to study and use the helium-3 deposits on the surface.
4. Effectiveness of greenhouses on the moon.
The population of the earth is constantly increasing. At the same time resources are running out and scientists recognize the need to colonize other planets for the survival of humanity. At the same time, the moon is a planet that has the necessary conditions to become a base for humans to explore other planets.
The base will be located at 73°05’16.85” N 69°33’52.82” W in the Pascal crater
It will also use a thick layer of lead inside a plastic coating to protect from radiation since the moon does not have a magnetic field to protect against ionizing radiation
The base will be located at 73°05’16.85” N 69°33’52.82” W in the Pascal crater to provide some amount of natural protection against asteroids and radiation. It will also use a thick layer of lead inside a plastic coating to protect from radiation since the moon does not have a magnetic field to protect against ionizing radiation. Iota Base will be split up into 16 segments and then those 16 parts will be split across 2 Ariane 5 rockets to put them in GTO (geostationary transfer orbit). The 2 pairs will rearrange their parts and dock them together in a line. Then a third Ariane 5 rocket will carry a Lunar tug stage to “tug” the base into a Lunar orbit with a periapsis of 8km and an apoapsis of 10km. In this period the base will rearrange itself to its final form. Then it will use strong monopropellant thrusters burning retrograde to mauver its way to the desired location.
No crew will be on board during the relocation of the base from Earth to the moon. The crew, resources, and supplies will be carried on a large SSTO. The crew will consist of 40 people (that will be swapped every year) of which:
10 will be mission specialists (people who will only experiment [e.g., a mission specialist doctor would perform the centrifuge experiments {they depend on what is being studied at the moment}])
3 Doctors for personnel welfare
9 software engineers
8 hardware engineers
8 system overseers
2 commanders
For the first mission seeds for the greenhouse will have to be supplied. There will be modules to turn atmospheric gases into useful components like hydrogen, oxygen, and water to fuel rockets and keep life support systems running. We do not believe that any extra training from the Apollo astronauts will be needed. There will be one thermonuclear reactor that will get deuterium from water and Helium-3 from Lunar dust to power the reaction that will make electricity. All processes will be automated by robots being controlled by a large network and overseen by the system overseers.
