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Moon Camp Explorers 2022 – 2023 Project Gallery

 

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.

S.A.C.A.L.

IES MARÍA VICTORIA ATENCIA  Málaga-Santa Rosalía – Maqueds    Spain 13   0 / 5 English



1.1 – Project Description

Our moon base consists of eight rooms; one of them, an orchard, which is located in the centre of the base, four octagonal rooms: the laboratory, the kitchen/dining room, a bedroom, a storeroom, a leisure area, a gym, a bathroom, a changing room and a room called S.C.T. (health, change and costumes). All rooms are connected by a corridor. The orchard is the centre of the base. The gymnasium and the changing room are connected by two domes, one larger than the other; the room also has the bathroom.

1.2 – Why do your astronaut want to go to the Moon and build a Moon Camp?

Our astronauts want to go to the moon because they want to investigate the surface of the moon and research it, and they want to build a moon base because they will be there for a while.

2.1.a – Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?

Close to the lunar poles

2.2.b – Why did you choose this location?

Our lunar base called -S.A.C.A.L- is located on the moon. The command center wheremonitor 24 hours.is located at the north pole. is located over there given that it would be very useful when investigating further about space, apart from thatI would be a good site of attraction.

2.2 How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Describe how you can use the Moon’s natural resources, and which materials you would need to bring from Earth.

For our base to be habitable we shall have installed andDome which cleans and filters the air and which convert in CO2 (oxygen), for gravity, on the ground there are some plates which mean that there is not so much gravity and it is similar or similar to that of the earth.

Also includes special clothing, beds, food,electricity. It’s Even a system to have cold water and hot water.

3.1 – How does your Moon Camp protect and provide shelter to your astronauts against the Moon’s harsh environment.

One of the problems present on the moon is the lack of an atmosphere, which means that there is little protection from harmful cosmic radiation. This is why the camp has thick-walled structures. This will also help to control the pressure difference between the outside and inside areas. In addition, it will not suffer too much damage from a meteorite impact.

The fact that there is no gravity in space would also be a problem both for the comfort of the astronauts, as well as being capable of causing dizziness or fainting. They will have a dome that will prevent the absence of gravity,

provide the necessary gases we need to live, including oxygen, and improve the astronauts’ quality of life on the moon. It also causes the loss of muscle mass and function. To this end, our base has a gym area for astronauts to exercise.

The base is equipped for 5 astronauts, who can store food in the dining area, store the necessary utensils in the storeroom or study the space they are in with the help of a laboratory area. The vegetable garden is located in the centre, has different crops that will help to harvest more food.

3.2 – On the Moon, resources are very scarce, but during long Moon missions, astronauts cannot rely on resupply missions from the Earth. Explain how your Moon Camp will provide astronauts with sustainable access to basic needs like water, food, air and power.

In our lunar base we think of the minimum displacement towards the land for provisions, water and so on.

In our base we think the water is important and it is limited in space. so we want to recycle the water. The recycle is reusing and regenerating the water. It is the process for which you recover the water usage, for new uses. We are going to use the bath water for plants. Before we travel to the moon we fill a tank with a million liters of water.

We have solar panels so as not to have problems with light, we reused the sun rays to have light, and we used our organic garden.

in our organic garden we don’t have enough plants for survive but we we can feed ourselves also have preserves of all kinds we need to survive in the moon

We think it’s very important to recycle all of these things but it is very difficult to carry out. Why is it very important? It is important because in space there isn’t water, electricity or something like that but we can transform or reuse these things for new things.

4.1 – What would you include in your astronaut training programme, to help prepare the astronauts for a Moon mission?

It would include 8 hours of training per day, five days a week, with various activities. The timetable would be from five in the morning to half past two in the afternoon.

From 06:30 to 07:30 they will start in the gym with a personal trainer, who will increase respiratory, cardiovascular and muscular endurance. From 07:30 to 08:30 there will be swimming or diving sessions, depending on the day. This will help to keep the heart and lungs healthy.

From 08:30 to 09:30 there will be skydiving sessions and wind tunnel activities. This will help you to concentrate and tone your muscles. From 09:30 to 10:00 there will be a short break where you will be able to eat food included in your diets to give you energy.

From 10:00 to 11:00 you will have an hour of diving and swimming to keep your heart and lungs healthy.

From 11:00 to 12:00 they will have a theory class on how to operate the spacecraft.

From 12:00 to 12:30 another short break.

From 12:30 to 13:30 you will have another hour of theory on space and safety. From 13:30 to 14:30 you will have a space simulation session where you will have to perform physical exercises.