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: The Dream Team
Geek Express Beirut Lebanon
External link for 3d
Project description
Our moon camp consists of several buildings, some aboveground and others underground. Each building has a specific function. The large red building aboveground is the Kitchen where astronauts will prepare their food. To its right is a large transparent building called the Plant Room. In it, astronauts will grow plants for food and oxygen. Behind the Plant Room is the water filtration station where all water is recycled. On the other side of the kitchen, there is the gym and pool building that astronauts can use to exercise and stay safe from solar flares. Underground, we can find four small, red, dome-shaped buildings connected by bridges. These are the research labs for astronauts to work. Also underground, four semispheres are two bedrooms and two bathrooms for the astronauts. |
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Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?
Close to the Lunar Poles Why did you choose this location?
The lunar poles have suitable temperatures for human life and plenty of sunlight for solar energy panels and growing plants. There is also water ice that can be mined and melted to make drinkable water. |
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Water
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Food
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Electricity
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Air
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Astronauts will mine and melt the water ice found on the lunar poles to make drinkable water. They will also filter the water in the water filtration plant to purify and save as much of it as possible. |
The main source of food will be the plants that astronauts will grow in the Plant Room of the moon camp. The plant room will have sun shields to protect the plants from overexposure to sunlight since the sun almost always shines on the lunar poles. |
Solar energy is the best source of power on the moon. So, astronauts will build solar panels, and batteries will store the electricity produced. |
The plants grown by astronauts are the most important source of oxygen in our moon camp. However, astronauts can also heat regolith to produce oxygen in case of emergencies. Also, all the doors of the moon camp are airlocked to prevent air from escaping. |
How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Which materials would you use?
Astronauts will build a large part of the moon camp using polyethylene from Earth, lunar soil, and 3D printers. So, astronauts will 3D print and assemble all the parts they need on the moon using polyethylene and lunar soil. |
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The Moon environment is very dangerous for the astronauts. Explain how your Moon Camp will protect them.
The parts of our moon camp that are aboveground are made from polyethylene, which is strong enough to stop bullets. So, it will be strong enough to stop meteors. For example, in our 3D model, the kitchen was hit by a massive meteor, and the polyethylene shield stopped it. Polyethylene will also protect astronauts from solar radiation, and during solar flares, astronauts can spend time in the pool. |
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Describe a day on the Moon for one of your Moon Camp astronauts
Astronauts will start their day by having a healthy breakfast and exercising in the gym and pool. |