In this project we created a monthly base consisting of:

Living spaces, micro-greenhouse for plant cultivation, laboratory for experiments, storages for material collection, collection  energy and  a Lunar Rover to use in missions on the Moon and to withstand rugged terrain.

We just landed on the moon and we want to look for an area as safe as possible to build a base where we can live.

We designed the Rover with solar battery and equipped with sensors for detecting radioactive metals, frozen water because we will need to prepare our food but also for other needs.

We will build the base in the place where there is sun for several hours a day to charge the solar batteries of the rover, but also to collect the energy obtained from the Sun in the warehouses built for this purpose. The Rover is also equipped with a system that can be remotely controlled by a device to go reconnaissance to other areas of the Moon and identify possible resources needed for survival, and the controls of the lunar vehicle are made by using a joystick .

Close to the Lunar Poles

The moon is a very different place from planet Earth, and one of the best places to build the lunar base we decided to be at the lunar south pole, which has a huge reserve of ice water and a relatively stable surface temperature around 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 Celsius).
The sun’s rays can charge the reactor with energy to secure and prepare our food.
It takes almost a month for the Moon to revolve around the Earth and for this is why we sometimes see only part of the Moon.
The poles of the Moon are unique environments where water is stored in large quantities but volatile substances can be found on the lunar surface. The axis of rotation of the Moon is almost perpendicular to the plane in which the Moon orbits the sun, so that the sun can always appear exactly on the horizon, at the poles.

Water is an indispensable new source for explorers and future “inhabitants” who must survive on the moon and the resources we can take from planet Earth to live on the moon can run out and without water we cannot survive. We as future “inhabitants” of the Moon thought of exploring existing resources such as melted ice water that we could filter and use for necessities but also to water certain plants, especially vegetables that we can take with us to be the future source of food.
We would send the Rover to identify the areas where there is ice and to break the ice we could use drills, we would defrost the water, then filter it in the mini-laboratory made for this purpose and we can use it for consumption.
On days when there is light on the moon we would charge the solar batteries to have reserves and to be able to prepare daily food.

With the equipment brought from Earth we can prepare frozen foods rich in vitamins and minerals because they are essential micronutrients, necessary for our body to function properly and can be a barrier to defense and increase the body’s resistance to infections.
But the food brought from Earth can run out and we thought that in order to survive we can grow our own vegetables and greens in the micro greenhouse that we will build especially to ensure our future food.
  We will choose a balanced diet consisting of plants and vegetables that contain vitamins and minerals with all the nutrients we need to survive.
We will plant on multi-storey levels to save space and grow as many vegetables as possible, in the micro-greenhouse built. The seeds we will need for planting will be taken from the Earth and we will make sure that they are plants, vegetables that grow relatively fast such as salads, spirulina so that we always have vegetables for food.

As a source of energy we will use solar energy, because for this reason we chose this location to build our base.
Solar panels that we bring from Earth and that are not very expensive are affordable, reliable and easy to install. On the Moon there is Helium 3 which is a natural isotope of helium, being transported by solar winds, it is not radioactive and from a small amount of isotope we can get enough energy, which we can use to illuminate our base but also for preparing our food. From the moment we produce electricity we can collect it in fuel storage cells to use during lunar eclipses when the Moon enters the cone of the shadow cast by the Earth.

The moon has no atmosphere, no weather, no oceans of water. Its surface is in a perpetual vacuum.
The air we will need will be provided in the first phase by the oxygen tubes we will take from Earth.
According to the latest findings, some scientists have managed to extract oxygen from the lunar soil.

On the Moon there is a lot of oxygen that is found in the lunar debris, ie in the upper layer of earth on the surface of the Moon.
According to research, it was found that between 40 and 45 percent of the weight of the monthly rubble is oxygen, the most abundant component in weight. We could extract oxygen from the rubble, being the essential resource for our life in the mini-laboratory we created, and the extraction process does not produce waste, but other metal alloys can be obtained from the substances to which oxygen is bound, which would be useful for other survival purposes.
I would store the obtained oxygen in the tubes I brought from Earth.

We will build domes where we will sleep underground, to protect ourselves from the low temperatures during the night and for this we will use digging devices in the ground. The other constructions will be above ground, the communication will be made from the outside and through underground tunnels.
For the construction of the base we will use the lunar soil to create a protective wall and protect ourselves from solar radiation, and as materials we will use inflatable structures, covered with a shell built using 3d printing technology for the construction model, from existing materials on the surface of the moon. The solar panels for obtaining energy will be mounted on the material collection warehouse.
The lighting source will consist in the use of oil-based lamps with low consumption.
3D printers can be coordinated by robots and for this reason we have chosen the south pole of the Moon as our location.
The regolith resulting from the excavations will be the 3d printing material, because bringing materials from Earth in large quantities would be expensive, but a long time to transport these materials.
The materials we need to bring to build the base would be aluminum sheets being a light and durable material, Teflon and titanium, to build a protective shield against radiation around the entrance to the base.

For our safety but also for the construction on the ground we have chosen that the living module be underground and will be in the form of a hemispherical dome with rigid elements in terms of structure to withstand very heavy loads and impacts. The domes of the modules will have an average thickness of one meter, so that small asteroids cannot pass.
The other exterior elements built will be protected by a wall built with lunar soil for additional protection against temperature variations and solar radiation.
The communication between the microsera and the laboratory will be made through underground channels provided with protective doors in order not to collapse or damage. The connection channels will have doors on both ends, so that if one is damaged, the loss of oxygen will be reduced.
The surface of the exterior constructions must be cleaned of the monthly dust, because at the smallest movements the dust can be set in motion, which constitutes a real danger, in case the fine granules of monthly dust will be deposited on the solar panels. These can reduce the ability of the panels to receive sunlight or worse can enter the base and cause respiratory problems.

Living in space seems exciting, but as an astronaut I may face a number of stressors (eg conflict of isolation) that could have an impact on how I think and how I behave in space. A day for me as an astronaut requires a lot of courage to face the conditions on the Moon where I have to experiment in terms of studying rocks, filtering and treating water to make it drinkable.
Daily activities until the construction of the base, followed by experiments on thawed water, to identify its properties and check whether it is drinkable. Soil analysis on the regular collected from different areas, to check what kind of properties it has, if it is good for solid constructions, for cultivation and other crops for astronaut food.
In the mini-arranged laboratory they can do experiments on rubble to extract oxygen, a vital element for survival on the Moon, from rocks they can do experiments to identify some metals that will be useful in construction.
After building the base, I will pay close attention to growing and cultivating plants , how they can behave outside the base, how they can grow with artificial light and fed nutrients from food waste and recycled water.
To make time more efficient, I would like to investigate variations in the magnetic field to find out what causes them and how they can reproduce to ensure better protection from the sun’s rays.
I will write down all the observations and results obtained in a logbook that I will send to the base on planet Earth for investigations.
I will also analyze how the human body at the physiological, biological, molecular and cognitive levels changes to adapt to the environment on the Moon and I will write in the diary to study in more depth.