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: Belén Arias y Desiree Bernal

El Puerto de Santa María    Spain Category: Moon base
External link for Tinkercad 3D design

We’ve made this structure because we think that it would be more practical with this shape. In the area below will be the central that communicates us with the Earth and the laboratory to do researchs and experiments; the areas above serve to workout, to sleep and to have space for storage. The material we are using for our house is moondust; we would take a special 3D printer so that we could put the moondust inside and it will make the structure. We will build our house in the outer zone of the Moon, it would be more dangerous than building it un the inner zone but our structure is strong enough to resist meteorites and in this area it will be easier to go outside to investigate.

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