Our moon base will be one of the first stages of the moon’s settlement. It should be permanently inhabited. It is for 4 astronauts who will live at the base for 6 months. We create a realistic and reasonably priced plan for the construction of the base.

Our base consists of a non-inflatable laboratory and other inflatable modules that are blown out of the laboratory. The 3 cubes at the end of the lab are living quarters. In one there is a bedroom, in the other a bathroom and an exercise room, and in the third there is a laboratory and other devices. In the middle between the cubes there is a desk. The greenhouse also has a relaxation area. We will use the lunar lander for Artemis (Not on a 3D model).

(The walls of the base won’t actually be transparent.)

Shackleton crater

Our base will stand on the edge of Shackleton Crater near the South Pole because it is almost constantly lit and water ice is in the crater. The base is on the surface, which will greatly simplify construction. It will be covered with a layer of soil (not shown in the 3D model).

Extra water will be obtained by a special rover which will be transported to the Moon separately. Our base will also recycle water in a similar way to the proven Water Recovery System on the ISS. Thanks to recycling, the crew will only run for water once every few months. The water storage will be in the double walls of our base (it also also provides radiation protection and thermoregulation).

Part of the food will be brought from Earth, part will provide a large inflatable greenhouse. We will use hydroponics and LED lighting, because we will achieve high yields.

The base will be powered by solar panels at the base. There will also be batteries under the floor in case of solar panel failure and lunar eclipse.

The air oxigen will provide a greenhouse. Its size is calculated to reliably produce enough oxygen. From the greenhouse, oxygenated air will drive ceiling ventilation and CO2 ventilation will blow CO2 air (sticks to the ground) back into the greenhouse.

First we bring to the Moon a hermetically sealed rover (in autonomous mode) which will help with the construction. Then a base and an excavator will land on the moon, which will bring out an Ariane 6-like rocket. They will land similarly to the rover Curiosity. When the base inflates, the excavator fills it with regolith in bags. Before the crew arrives, 2 more supply modules will land on the moon. They land at a remote landing site and the rover connects them to the base. So before the arrival of the people, the base will be ready.

We will protect the base from micrometeorites with a layer of regolith in Kevlar bags. We will protect ourselves from cosmic radiation (mainly protons) with a magnetic field. The rest is captured by regolith and water.

At 7 o’clock in the morning, the astronaut has an alarm clock. His personal hygiene takes half an hour, so he can go to breakfast at half past seven. His morning research block begins at 7 a.m. and 40 minutes. The astronaut spends this time collecting regolith and researching new methods of 3D printing from it. Thanks to a special spacesuit, dangerous moon dust does not get into the base. The instructions come to the astronaut’s smart watch, which also monitors his health. At half past ten the astronaut goes to lunch prepared by his colleague. They have beans with tomato sauce for lunch. They grew beans and tomatoes themselves. He has time to rest until one o’clock in the afternoon. But it is also a time to strengthen. From one o’clock to eight o’clock there will be an afternoon research block. During this time, the astronaut will install and run a new experiment. It concerns research into the effects of lunar soil on plants. Then comes personal hygiene, and from half past eight to ten o’clock the astronaut is free again, and then it’s time to go to bed. The program will be freer at the weekend. The astronaut will only have a morning research block. But after lunch they will work out for 2 hours.