The ideology for our moon base got its strand as a temporary base (simple and functional). The goal of this moon camp is to take two astronauts who would attain a better knowledge about the moon, so that in a near future we could bring there a civilization. And with the knowledge we obtained previously, we already know the obstacles of this area. Furthermore, with the research done, now we know, even more precisely, the location of the safest place to start a lunar civilization, but we are still not completely sure about everything we know about the moon to date.

The moon camp would be constructed at the South Pole, more accurately close to the “Crater Shackleton”. Our mission is to take as many advantages of the moon resources as possible and for that reason the South Pole is one of the best possibilities of survival. For what we know about the poles, due to the inclination of the moon towards the sun, there are craters that contain ice, which can be used to produce drinking water that is extremely important for the human body. Another reason for our choice of the South Pole is the amount of time in which we are exposed to the sun.

We would send a pre-built base to the moon. This way, as soon as you arrive at lunar soil we would inflate a tent of built polyethylene with a diameter with 12 square meters, and to fix the base to the ground we would use plates of aluminium that would serve as the ground base. After that, we would build the kits of the hallways that would interconnect to the main tent. After we realize this initial part, we will use a robot D shape to do a protection dome above our base zones. This cupule will be made of lunar soil together with a material called regolith, which will protect us not only from little comets but mainly from radiation. We will also have a water treatment area that will have a dome with a diameter of 5 square meters, made of aluminium. Half of it will be covered with a layer of dark coloration to absorb as much heat as possible and to let the ice melt, which later will be stored in the metallic tanks. Regarding everything else that is adjacent to the base we will have pre-construction kits coming from the Earth. As we will have very well predetermined project plans, This process will be easy and we will take little time to realize any type of necessary construction.

Our lunar base will work in such a way that the astronauts will be as protected as possible. In relation to weather conditions, they usually oscillate between 127ºC and-173ºC. The astronauts will also be protected against small comets and radiation that would definitely not be favorable for the astronauts’ health. This protection will be provided through a thick regolith cover, which is not the only material that will work as a shield for the base. The base will be inflated first and it will also be resistant against many other kinds of problems because it will be made of a material called polyethylene. These various protection layers will be of extreme importance for the astronauts.

When we decided that it would be extremely important to stay as close as possible to the Shackleton Crater as a viable place for a lunar civilization, we thought mainly of the possibility of going to collect ice from the bottom of the crater. We could also use solar energy to our advantage, because as soon as we have liquid water, it can be filtered, and we can have our own water for consumption.

The food consumption at our base will be preferentially based on astronaut food. As we have already explained before, the base will be temporary, which means that we will have a little artificial greenhouse, which will allow cultivation of a few ingredients. Therefore, there will be rules to consume those ingredients, to make us eat healthy food regularly, but never in big quantities, and in turn, not to run out of healthy ingredients cultivated in our artificial greenhouse.

All the energy that will be consumed at our lunar base will be produced by monocrystalline solar panels placed on the lunar surface. The energy captured by the solar panels will have to be converted to an alternating current, so that we can store the captured energy, and in turn, use it to operate all kinds of equipment at the base. It will be stored in batteries that are placed underneath the panels. The energy will then be transferred by cables that are placed on the surface of the moon, which will carry the electrical energy to the base.

Initially, compressed air from Earth will be used so that we will be able to live at the beginning, but later we will extract oxygen from water. An alternative to obtain oxygen is using a process called molten salt electrolysis. Regarding nitrogen, which is the element with the largest concentration in our atmosphere and air that we breathe, we still do not have much data about how to obtain it on the Moon. This means that we need to use compressed nitrogen from Earth so that we can breathe the air at the base.

The main goal of this lunar base would be in a more scientific area, where we would try to get as much information as possible using the least financial resources. This collected information would in turn be crucial for a future large-scale lunar colonization, and for the creation of an ecosystem. Furthermore, since so far, much of the information we have from the moon is only from very distant observation, this lunar base would in turn be able to confirm or disconfirm what happens on the planet earth’s satellite.

Since our base will be for two people only, the tasks will always have to be done together, which will not facilitate alternate sleep times and even having meals at different times. This is because the two astronauts will be very important to each other and if anything happens, they have to be close, to be able to provide each other help or even communicate with the land via satellite. Based on the various tasks necessary for survival of a human being on the moon, astronauts need very little free time, so their routine will be very busy. They will have about 8 hours of sleep, but then, as soon as they wake up, they will do personal hygiene, one at a time since there will only be one bathroom. After that, they will have to get dressed to start a long day at work and they will have the first meal of the day, where they will be able to consume the only food that is not totally astronaut food as they will be able to eat one of the foods grown in our artificial greenhouse. Then, after the first meal, the work will be based the research to obtain the maximum information about the moon, and they will have to work as hard as possible to survive in the unknown that the moon provides us. Looking at the last part of the changes, we will have to divide our time to transform ice into drinking water, by extracting ice from the bottom of the craters. In turn, going through the thawing, we will use filters that transform all this ice into drinking water, and also transform lunar dust into oxygen so that we can breathe at our base. Among all the tasks that must be done, they will have very little free time, but it will always be well used as it will serve to have three more meals in addition to breakfast (first meal), and also to repair any kind of damage that is detected. They will also use every moment of the expedition to constantly seek for knowledge so that we can acquire enough information for a future lasting lunar civilization.