In the future, to enable astronauts to stay on the Moon for long periods of time, new infrastructures must be developed to overcome important challenges. Such challenges include protection from radiation and meteorites, energy production, the extraction and recycling of water, food production and much more. The Moon Camp Challenge invites students to explore the Moon and decode some of the complexities future astronauts may face.

In Moon Camp Discovery each team’s mission is to 3D design only one component of a Moon Camp using Tinkercad. Teams can choose to design a:

– Lunar lander

– Moon Base

– Lunar rover

– Rocket

– Lunar Orbital Space Station

The design should be adapted to the Moon environment and if possible consider the use of local resources, provide protection and/or living and working facilities for the astronauts.

Moon Camp Discovery is a non-competitive mission for beginners. All teams that submit an entry that complies with the guidelines will receive a participation certificate and their project will be shared on the Moon Camp online platform.

Who can participate?

Participation is open worldwide to students aged up to 19 years old. Moon Camp Discovery is recommended for students aged 6 to 14 years old. Participating students must be supported by a teacher, educator or parent.

Discovery Projects Gallery 2020-2021

Below you can find some of the Moon Camp Discovery projects. For more projects visit the Moon Camp Discovery project gallery.

Team: Numance Salle

Burgos    Spain Category: Moon base
External link for Tinkercad 3D design

NUMANCE or NUMANTIA

Numantia was the name of a disappeared Celtiberian population in ancient times. The resistance of its citizens to the siege carried out by the troops of ancient Rome has gone down in history as an example of resistance.

Our lunar base must resist the constant siege of conditions that are very unfavorable to human survival (extreme temperature variations, meteor showers, lunar dust, lack of oxygen and vital resources …) We have chosen “Numance” for this reason.

Numance consists of ten modules connected by tunnels. Each module performs a specific task as detailed below:

1 Power generation plant

2 Kitchen and dining room

3 Rooms, nursing and resting room

4 Workshop

5 Garden and farm

6 Leisure time

7 Storage and launching base

8 Water and oxygen plant

9 Laboratories

10 Waste plant

The layout of each module is related to the type of activity and safety.

There is a ring-shaped tunnel to facilitate movement and transport from one side of the base to the other around the nine main modules.

The waste disposal plant is on the outside of the ring due to safety and higiene.

The maximum number of people that can inhabit the base is 24.

This is the table explaining the number of responsible people for each module (approximated)

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