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Moon Camp Pioneers Gallery 2020-2021

In Moon Camp Pioneers each team’s mission is to 3D design a complete Moon Camp using Fusion 360. 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: Moon Explorers

Middle school affiliated to Zhengzhou University of light industry  Zhengzhou    China 17, 19

External viewer for 3d project

Project description

Our camp on the moon will be used for scientific research. It can make a small number of astronauts survive on the moon. The camp includes living quarters – dormitories, dining halls, terminal rooms (for contact with the outside world) and so on. On the ground there are vegetable sheds to provide recyclable resources such as food and oxygen, and a nuclear power plant on the ground to provide energy. An elevator connects the aboveground and underground sections. The main dome on the ground is designed to protect against small meteorites.
The whole lunar camp integrates residential,scientific research and other functions.

Where do you want to build your Moon Camp?

We want to build a lunar camp in a two-tier area.
First of all, the daily illumination rate of the two areas is as high as 89% and 86%, and the time of sunshine duration for other areas is longer and the sunshine area is larger.Solar panels are better at generating power and other sources of energy.
Secondly, the cold region has a higher content of hydrogen, which is conducive to mineral exploitation and energy utilization. Meanwhile, according to the detection, most of the water-ice in the South Pole of the moon is concentrated in the impact crater, while in the North Pole, the water-ice is more widely distributed and sparse.The presence of water-ice can provide water for scientific research and even for future settlements.
In addition, because of the high content of hydrogen, it may be possible to make water from it in some way.

How do you plan to build your Moon Camp? Describe the techniques and materials you would use.

In the early stage, the shuttle was used to transport materials and the construction robots needed to build the shell and so on.
In the medium term, mineral resources on the moon can be properly mined for energy utilization and supplement.The material is made of light, hard materials, and the shell is designed with a dome-like structure that is easy to resist external shocks.
Until later, the two assisted, eventually forming a lunar camp.

The environment on the Moon is very dangerous for the astronauts. Explain how your Moon Camp will protect them.

First of all, the moon is in a vacuum environment, and it does not have the structure similar to the ozone layer to resist the ultraviolet rays and other cosmic rays. Therefore, the radiation proof material is necessary. We chose to fill the interlayer between the external structure and the internal structure to resist the threat of rays.
The moon is often attacked by meteorites, so the anti-impact structure is also necessary, because the material needs to be carried from the earth, so we need light and hard materials. And the structure ,we decided to use Dome type structure which is better enough to carry heavy impact.

Explain how your Moon Camp will provide the astronauts with:
Water
Food
Electricity
Air

Water is the source of life,so the supply of water is very important.Water-ice has been detected at the moon’s poles,which can be used directly to provide water.Plus,since there’s a lot of hydrogen in the lunar shell, we might be able to get water somehow.

According to the research, about 2.5 kg of feeds to produce a kilo of meet, also this work needs much of energy, so for time being, keeping poultry is out of the question. Instead, we can carry packaged meat to provide the astronauts with a protein intake (or soy products for vegetable protein).
Vegetables and other plants adopt the method of carrying to solve the initial food problem, and after a period of time, we can be fed by the plants in the vegetable greenhouses, and solve the oxygen problem at the same time.

Because of the construction of nuclear power plants, and because of the presence of hydrogen element, both of them can be considered as an energy substance to use.According to the survey, more than 700,000 tons of helium-3 are estimated to be on the moon, and it is known that 100 tons of helium-3 could generate enough energy to power the entire human race for about a year.

In the past, Soviet spacecraft had carried pure oxygen and caused accidents, so we used the mixture of gases.
Since nitrogen is almost never consumed, only oxygen is taken into account.
For the time being, there are two ways to do this — electrolysis of water to produce oxygen, which produces hydrogen that can be used as energy, and carbon dioxide that can be absorbed by plants in greenhouses.
The second is to use a solid oxygen generator, with alkali metal peroxide and other chemicals to release oxygen, and can absorb carbon dioxide.

Explain what would be the main purpose of your Moon Camp (for example: commercial, scientific, and/or tourist purposes).

The lunar camp was built mainly for scientific research purposes.
Since the moon’s energy resources are still unclear, it is temporarily unsuitable for humans to live in the long term, so it is necessary to survey and study the moon’s minerals, climate and other contents.
At the same time, the moon is rich in energy, which has unique advantages for new energy research.

Describe a day on the Moon for your Moon Camp astronaut crew.

The astronaut wakes up in the morning from the dormitory bed, washes up in the dormitory, then eat in the underground building.After that, they will discuss their agenda in a conference room or other place and upload it and make the data back to Earth.Then the astronaut can take the elevator to the surface to check and record the growth of vegetables. If there is a mission for going out, they can take the lunar rover out to survey the terrain, and bring samples back to the laboratory for analysis.Wait until the evening ,it`s time to rest,relax , exercise or do something you like.



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