Agrupamento de Escolas de Pevidém Guimarães-Distrto_Braga Portugal 12 years old 1 / 1 Portuguese Moon
O Clube Ciência Viva do Agrupamento de Escolas de Pevidém, em Portugal, lançou o desafio aos alunos que participam semanalmente na Oficina 3D e que trabalham com a ferramenta TinkerCad – criar um Habitat para a exploração espacial para as astronautas do futuro.
Ao planejar um habitat espacial, as equipes idealizaram o seu projeto ao ambiente escolhido, utilizando, de preferência, os recursos locais e pretendendo concebê-lo de forma a fornecer instalações de proteção e resistência para os astronautas viverem e trabalharem.
Inicialmente, os alunos começaram por perceber as condições hostis do espaço visualizando numerosos vídeos do Youtube, nomeadamente da Airbus Foundation Discovery Space. Em seguida, selecionamos o local onde iriam implantar uma base e como iriam construir de forma a resistir à ausência de oxigênio, à grande amplitude térmica, à queda de meteoritos e quais seriam os melhores materiais a serem usados. Simultaneamente, refletimos sobre as formas como se poderia gerar e utilizar energia, bem como formas de produzir alimentos, formas de comunicar e se deslocar fora da base lunar.
Cada aluno apresentou sua proposta. Esta é de uma aluna do 7.º ano de escolaridade.
A base lunar estaria implantada no pólo sul da Lua, preferencialmente enterrada de forma a proteger mais os astronautas das temperaturas rigorosas, do impacto de meteoritos e devido ainda à proximidade com a água gelada.
A base seria construída antes da chegada de astronautas, por robôs com máquinas 3D utilizando usando o polietileno como material para a sua construção, de forma a proteger melhor das radiações solares, dos impactos dos meteoritos e das altas temperaturas.
A base seria formada por:
English translation
The Clube Ciência Viva of the Pevidém School Group, in Portugal, launched the challenge to students who participate weekly in the 3D Workshop and who work with the TinkerCad tool – to create a Habitat for space exploration for the astronauts of the future.
When planning a space habitat, the teams tailored their design to the chosen environment, preferably using local resources and intending to design it to provide protective and resilient facilities for astronauts to live and work.
Initially, the students began to understand the hostile conditions of space by watching numerous YouTube videos, namely from the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space. We then selected the location where they would establish a base and how they would build it in order to resist the absence of oxygen, the large temperature range, the fall of meteorites and what would be the best materials to be used. At the same time, we reflected on the ways in which energy could be generated and used, as well as ways of producing food, ways of communicating and moving outside the lunar base.
Each student presented their proposal. This is from a 7th year student.
The lunar base would be located at the south pole of the Moon, preferably buried in order to protect astronauts from the harsh temperatures, the impact of meteorites and due to the proximity to freezing water.
The base would be built before the arrival of astronauts, by robots with 3D machines using polyethylene as a material for its construction, in order to better protect it from solar radiation, meteorite impacts and high temperatures.
The base would be formed by:
a means of transport for the arrival of supplies and materials to the lunar base (spacecraft and launch ramp);
A water reservoir, which would be supplied with water from the icy water at the Moon’s pole and some water that arrived from Earth. The water circulated within the base in a closed circuit with an excellent recycling system to avoid waste. Some of the water could also be used to produce Oxygen, through electrolysis, for astronauts to breathe and Hydrogen to produce energy, since it is a fuel.
Solar panels, to produce the energy necessary for the operation of the base.
Light wave communication antennas, for communication with Earth and between astronauts and the base;
Greenhouse for the production of food for astronauts, including spirulina and for the production of oxygen.
A leisure and work area, with furniture built by 3D machines. In this area there would also be a small gym for astronauts to exercise and take care of their health;
A laboratory and machinery area (in black) for carrying out experiments that allow the conversion, for example, of regolith into oxygen.
