moon_camp

Moon Camp Explorers Gallery 2019-2020

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 dangerous of space and describe the living and working facilities.

Team: TECNO-MOMERS

I.E.S. Jándula  Andújar    Spain

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Project description

Our lunar base consists of a total of six compartments (two of them are input modules). The underground modules are four, two on each side, the modules are divided because if we need to do tests with radioactive rocks that does not pass radiation to the “normal” modules on one side would be the research modules and machine room. In the research module you will have laboratory equipment and computers; and further back is the engine room where the combustion cell and the electrolysis of water would be to obtain energy, heat, water, oxygen and hydrogen. In the other part would be the dining room module and the bedroom that’s combined with the bathroom to save space. In the two inlet modules, one would be used as a water cleaner, the next would be used to remove the oxygen suit and would be lowered down a tube into the underground.

Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?

Close to the Lunar Poles

Why did you choose this location?

Crossing the natural hills of Marius Hills, in the Oceanus Procellarum region a natural cave has been discovered in this area formed by an old lava tunnel, and it’s simply enormous. Of course, before you had to send robots and better explore the cavity. Since it is located underground, it makes it easier for us to build a base inside. It also protects us from radiation levels, which it constantly receives from the sun, since the moon has neither its own atmosphere nor magnetosphere.
Coordinates: 18º 24 ’0” N 57º 29 ’0” W

Water
Food
Electricity
Air

To get water on the moon we must go to a crater with the land rover, we take the piece of ice with the drill of the rover and we put it in the crusher. We transport it to the lunar base, we sublimate the ice with the combustion stack and put pressure on it to transform it into water.

Despite the varied diet and increased calories, almost all astronauts lost weight during missions, one reason may be water rationing. Food systems in the ISS consist of small bags made of special plastic that keep food in a vacuum and dehydrated. If they break they stop working. At the time that astronauts want to eat, they must add water to hydrate the food and be able to eat it. Astronauts can choose the three-course daily menu during mission preparation.

There are several sources of energy during the day:
During the day we use solar panels, the combustion cell in small quantities, the remaining energy we accumulate in batteries and also we use nuclear reactors that is a great option to get energy.
During the night we use the combustion cell and the batteries charged during the day.

To produce air we use the greenhouse and electrolysis. The electrolysis of water is the decomposition of water (H2O) into oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) gases by means of a direct electric current, by a power source, a battery or a cell, which is connected by electrodes to the Water. The greenhouse enclosed, covered and conditioned room to maintain a regular temperature that protects the plants from the extreme inclemencies typical of winter weather, which are the temperatures when we find ourselves at night on the moon.

How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Which materials would you use?

We will use aluminum as the material for our base. This is because it is used on lunar bases, it is light and strong. The use of titanium alloys will also strengthen the body of the ship. To build our lunar base we built the above six compartments with the materials to protect the base. This would be a long project because it would be under a cave so it would take longer than usual. It will be shaped like a plate Materials: various sheets including galvanized steel, copper or aluminum.

The Moon environment is very dangerous for the astronauts. Explain how your Moon Camp will protect them.

The lunar base will protect astronauts from small meteorites simply by being underground. The base will have an active shielding through electromagnetic fields generated by conductive solenoids. This armoring will not be easy to carry out but it will be effective. Moon dust can slowly kill whoever dares to enter its craters, but for our base there is no problem, because upon entering there is a water system to remove this moon dust.

Describe a day on the Moon for one of your Moon Camp astronauts

Astronauts follow a daily routine, despite the fact that there is no day and night in space. They sleep about eight hours a day: they do so in sleeping bags that most attach to the wall, so as not to float around the ship while they sleep. The rest of the time is spent on scientific tasks, such as conducting experiments and maintaining the ship. Occasionally they also leave the spacecraft for a spacewalk, either to repair the station or to conduct scientific experiments. One of the activities that changes the most in space is hygiene. If you turn on a tap, the water droplets float out. So to wash their bodies, astronauts use wet wipes. With hair, the process is complicated. Astronauts with long hair have water bags with a mouthpiece that can be applied directly to the head, shampoo that does not need to be rinsed, and a towel. Sending water (or anything else) to space comes at a very high price. That is why all the water is used, even the urine, which is recycled. Not having running water or a washing machine, the crew carry clothes to use and throw away.

The crew of the station must exercise daily. Since they cannot go running, they have special machines for doing sports in microgravity. Engineers have adapted machines like treadmills and exercise bikes to work in space, isolating vibrations from the ISS and adding special straps so astronauts don’t float around while doing sports.


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