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: Blues 32A

Córdoba    Spain Category: Rocket
External link for Tinkercad 3D design

It is a 100m high rocket with the capacity to carry 10 astronauts, with 3 thrusters of different power for greater efficiency. The two thrusters on the sides will be initiated for takeoffs and landings. In this way, the central thruster will be like a backup, in case of complications during the trip. The model has been studied and tested on numerous occasions, so that, at the right moment, there will be no unforeseen events.
The rocket has a food store to be able to survive up to 3 years anywhere in space, a greenhouse with plants to try to create oxygen in an enclosed facility that is planned to be built on the moon, whose plans and materials will travel safely stored in the rocket. Finally, it also has enough devices and technologies to be able to deal with any kind of situation, both dangerous and unexpected.
The crew members will be people who encompass and are professionals from various fields of science, culture, literature, engineering … and their goal will be to reach the moon so as to create a small base on it to start with life on the moon, and after that, to reach Mars and continue investigating the galaxy that is so unknown to us humans. After achieving the main objective, and if the rocket is totally effective, it will be rebuilt, improving the defects, and the idea of returning to Mars to study it better will be considered.

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