Our moon camp is designed to be a scientific establishment and is located near the south pole of Moon. Its main mission is the examination of the meteorites coming from outside the solar system, and the composition of the regolith. There are also biological research and experiments on the development of plants on the Moon. From Earth, astronauts will be observed, and psychological research will be conducted on their mental health and social behaviour. Division of the camp into different parts will provide everything for the astronauts so that they can live a normal life. For instance, sports facilities against the consequences of small gravity, medical room for both first aid and everyday well-being and well-equipped laboratories can also be found in the base. The camp can accommodate four people at a time, and two of them could go outside the wall at the same time. To prevent regolith from entering the base air, the spacesuits are attached to the base wall from the outside, and the astronauts can get in them from the inner space. There is another entrance only for the material on which experiments are performed inside the base. Two liquid can be found outside the base in which water can be stored. Energy is obtained from solar cells.

The camp would be built in the Shackleton crater, near the south pole of the Moon. We have decided so because the low temperature fluctuation of the inside of the crater and because it is rich in ice, which can be mined for later use. The crater rim is constantly lit by the sun, thus ensuring that the solar panels produce enough power. Other craters near Shackleton also contain huge amounts of ice.

The inner walls would be made of aluminium sheets which would be transported from earth. The outer shell could be printed by a regolith 3D printer. Astronauts could print several layers of regolith sheets, which can protect the base from micrometeorites, cosmic radiation and other dangerous things.

From meteorite impact and cosmic radiation, a thick, printed regolith layer protects the top of the base, while the whole building is recessed into the lunar surface. Regolith cannot enter the base atmosphere, because astronauts can get into their spacesuit from inside the base, which is attached to the outer wall. Then both the base and the suit are closed by a door, and the suit can detach from the wall.

Due to the properties of the crater, there is a huge amount of water ice and dry ice at the bottom, which can be mined and loaded into the containers near the base. With the lunar rover we can easily reach the nearby craters and extract the ice from them as well. The ice is then loaded into the containers near the base. The heat of the sun melts the ice, and the water can be delivered into the base by a pump and pipes. Some of the water will be decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen through electrolysis.

Until the plants are fully developed, astronauts consume premade vacuum-packed meals. Such plants are corn, soy, lettuce, different berries. It is very important under lunar conditions, for astronauts to be able to eat healthy, vitamin rich food, with enough calories, protein and fat.

The crater’s rim is under continuous sunlight, therefore vast solar panel arrays can be used to supply power to the whole base. Hydrogen from the electrolysis of water can also be used as an alternative energy source.

Oxygen and nitrogen are the two main components of the air here on Earth. On the Moon oxygen can be obtained from the electrolysis of the water and by smelting lunar ores. Nitrogen on the other hand is very rare on Moon, it must be transported from Earth.

Our moon base would serve as a scientific outpost for the first permanent astronauts on the Moon. Customers form Earth could submit projects and experiments that the scientists could carry out. Such projects can be for buildings, propulsion, growing plants, livestock-breeding or several other applications.

The day on the moon will be as long as on the Earth. It is a bit complicated, because the Moon rotates around its axis once in 28 days, but with artificial lighting and with shutters one can make an artificial day. In the morning hours the crew wakes up and does the usual hygienic things and breakfast. After that everyone begin to work on their own projects. Each crew member will have a “full time” job in the base; one botanist/biologist, one mechanic, one geologist and one physician. The biologist is responsible for the plants, their watering and fertilization. The mechanic will service the machines around the base, if something breaks down, they will try to repair it. The geologist will examine the moon surface and below that. It is important to study that for places where later missions can build their base and for raw material resources that can be obtained. The physician is responsible for the health of the crew. When they are not busy with their “full time” job, they can conduct experiments on their own field to study the moon, and the living on the moon. This research will increase our knowledge about how to create a large capacity, self-sustaining base, that supports more astronauts. Before sleeping they check all the systems on the base, especially the life support equipment, and the automatic monitoring systems. The camp can alert automatically if something goes wrong.