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: GameTeam
Scholé Matosinhos Portugal
External link for 3d
Project description
Our Mooncamp is at the south pole because that is where the temperatures are best and where there is more ice. |
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Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?
Close to the Lunar Poles Why did you choose this location?
We chose to build our lunar base near the South Pole. We made this choice because the temperature is more suited, it varies between -50oC and 0oC. Besides, there is more ice in the south pole then in the north pole. |
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Water
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Food
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Electricity
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Air
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We need the water that is in the poles, inside the craters, in the form of ice. In order to get to it, we must drill through the surface of the moon and collect the ice. |
In space we need food to survive. To get food, we must plant in a vegetable garden. |
To get energy, we need to resort to solar energy. So, for everything to work properly, we need solar panels. |
We can produce oxygen through spirulina, but we can also use the other plants. Spirulina is a good option because it produces oxygen faster. The other plants are necessary because in addition to producing oxygen, they also serve as food. Spirulina may serve as food, but it is not very complete. |
How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Which materials would you use?
At the surface we will build communication antennas, the greenhouse and the garage. What we will build underground will be: the gym, the meals area and the rest area. |
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The Moon environment is very dangerous for the astronauts. Explain how your Moon Camp will protect them.
On the moon we need to protect ourselves from meteorites, solar radiation, vacuum, the longing of friends and family and the lack of color in the different spaces. To protect ourselves from small meteorites we must use a polyethylene shield and from the large meteorites we can build an emergency exit. To protect ourselves from solar radiation we must stay in the pool during the most dangerous hours and wear suits and polyethylene shields when we go outside. In order to protect us from the vacuum, we have built double doors and a communication room. The last one enables you to talk to your loved ones on Earth. Astronauts can choose a color for a wall in their room so they will feel more comfortable in the shelter. |
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Describe a day on the Moon for one of your Moon Camp astronauts
When thinking about the schedule of the astronauts, we made sure that there would be at least one astronaut at the moon base. They must sleep seven hours a day each but cannot sleep all at the same time. To spend their time, they must cook, work in the lab/computers, go to the gym, water the plants and must communicate with ESA and with their families. They have leisure time, privacy time, they must collect ice and lunar materials. They also need to check solar panels, rovers, the purification and filtration systems and sensors and maintain some equipment and shelter. |