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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.

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Klaipeda Lyceum Klaipeda-Klaipeda Lithuania 14 0 / 3 English

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1.1 – Project Description

Our moon camp consists of a house, an incubator, some solar panels, a protection shield, astronaut. Our house has multiple functions like changing its own temperature and has big window. The use of incubator is to grow our food. It has built in water collector that waters the plants without the help of a human. It also has a battery that is connected to solar panels, so it never dies out. Speaking of solar panels to collect light for electricity. The protection shield is to protect us from asteroids.

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

Our astronauts decided to go to the moon and build a moon camp, because the Earth is too full of people and there isn’t much space left for new generations. We also want to improve the living spaces of humanity. The North and The South of the Moon have good living conditions. So we decided to build our camp in The North.

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

In The North

2.2.b – Why did you choose this location?

Because it has the most suiting temperature for us humans, it also has gravity, without gravity we would float around in space. If talking about the specific place on the moon and why we chose it, is because this place less rocky and more suitable for a house building and humas living.

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.

We used moon dust to build the house, we brought solar panels from The Earth, we took materials from earth to build incubator. Protection shield was made from unbreakable glass that we also made on Earth.

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

Over our living area we have a protection shield that protects us from asteroids, it also protects us from radiation. The shield also protects us from floating out into space. The house also logically doesn’t float and has oxygen inside, so astronauts don’t have to wear their suits while they’re inside. Our house always regulates its own temperature so that we don’t freeze or overheat, plus sleeping in the cold is healthier.

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.

Our living space has a solar panel that absorbs sun light that provides power for our house and for the food incubator. The incubator grows 4 Arabidopsis thaliana a time and 4 red romaine lettuce. In the incubator and in our house we have O2 which is provided by oxygen cylinders. Incubator has a plate that collects water and sends it through the incubator, watering it. All the left out water gets converted into drinking water.

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

We would educate them about how to take off their costumes, how to use the incubator and how to grow plants in it, we would also teach them how to use the space equipment like rocket ships, space cars. We would also teach them how to use the house protection system. How to turn it on or off.