The base will be located on the visible face of the Moon on the surface of the Newton crater taking advantage of this walls. I will have five modules for the four astronauts with: bedroom, kitchen, dinning-room, warehouse, infirmary, communication room, laboratory and electrolysis room. Outside: garage, antennas, satellite and solar panels. It has several entrances and protection and insulation against temperature and meteorite impact. It will be self-sufficient using at first food from the Earth and then food grown in the garden that will have a small ecosystem, the water will come from the lunar ice and the oxygen will be obtained from the electrolysis and from the plants (algae). Resources from the Earth and lunar resources will be used: ice for drinking, watering and electrolysis, regolith for oxygen, helium 3 and construction and sunlight, as the main source of energy and for plants.

Close to the Lunar Poles

The base will be built on the surface despite the fact that at first it was thought to build it underground but then analyzing the possibilities it was considered that it would take a long time to build, that it would require a lot of labor, specialized machinery and more money. For this reason, the surface option has been chosen, which would be faster, simpler and less complicated when it comes to making installations and distributing oxygen and water.It will be placed on a crater taking advantage of its walls.

We would obtain it with the vehicle that we would drive to the south where all the ice is. The water that we obtained would be use for own consumption and perform electrolysis. The remains would be used to fead the plants and provide mineral salts. Not only would the plants be watereds but also the water that remained could be consume because it be refined.

Most of the food will be obtained from the garden. We believe that this is best option do to the fact that plants can provide enought to survive. Because plants need time to grow we decided that we would bring some reserves from earth until we can be self-sufficient. We found that we can take a small ecosystem to the moon (Chang ́e 4). A problem would is that the lunar night last 12 earth days and temperatures decrice to -150C, to solve the problem we would put some light that are strong enought to raise temperature and provide light.

We decided that we would use solar energy because it does not contaminate and it is inexhaustible and economyc. Also it is easier to build and has less maintenance problems, plus its facilities are very reliable and durale.

We would use electrolysis from the water that we acomulate or other substances from this we would obtain oxygen and hydrogen. The oxygen would
be released and would allow us to breath and with the hydrogen we could use it as fuel.

– Ice: It melts and is used for drinking, watering plants and in electrolysis to obtain oxygen.

-Moon floor: It uses for making glass, extracting oxygen, serving as fuel and protects against radiation.

-Rocks: Water and glass molecules are extracted from it, they are also used in the ceiling and walls. There are gold, nickel,etc.

– Solar light: It is a source of energy for solar panels. This will provide energy to the camp, including machines, tools, heating and that the gate where the plants  will were open so that they can photosynthesize even with artificial light.

We would use a transparent plastic dome to act as a protector against de emptyness in the moon.

The reason we use this material is because is faster to build, less expensive and is lighter than cristal. Of course there is the problem of it being less resistance.

To defend the meteorite base depending on the diameter we can use:

-If the diameter of the meteorite is less than a soccer ball, we will use Phalanx, which is a proximity weapon system of American origin. It is made up of six guns and uses a band radar system.

-In the fateful case that its diameter is too large, the base will be evacuated, saving all possible resources and they will all return to Earth.

Our astronaut is a biologist, geologist, physicist and biochemist and is in change of the garden, electrolysis and the laboratory. He gets up early to take advantage of the fact that there is 24 hour sunlight on that day. He makes his bed, he has shower and collects the excess water to accumulate it in a tank and reuse it. He has breakfast with this partner and they organize the tasks. Today, he is reponsible for cleaning the dinning room and bedroom. Then, he goes to the garden, checks the plants, their light and the water, if necessary waters it and collects the grown food and he keeps them in the warehouse. He reviews the electrolysis room and water supply and he takes advantage until lunchtime to do analysis, research and study in the laboratory. Then, he prepares the food to be used and takes it to the kitchen for his partner to prepare the food. When they have eaten, they all organize the joint activities. That day, he must help unload the regolith that his colleagues have brought, so he puts on his astronaut suit and goes outside to download and store it and also, he checks the status of the solar panels. After, he takes the opportunity to go to the gym for a while and communicate with his family. He has dinner with his companions and goes to sleep.