In Moon Camp Pioneers, each team’s mission is to 3D design a complete Moon Camp using the software of their choice. They also have to explain how they will use local resources, protect astronauts from the dangers of space and describe the living and working facilities in their Moon Camp.
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3D design software: Blender and Sketchup
The Moon Camp will be mostly buried, as well as equipped for a team of 4 people maximum. The complex consists of a central building, which
connects with the rest of the rooms through corridors.
The main objective of the camp is the exploration and investigation of the lunar surface, as well as the exploitation of lunar resources, such as helium 3.
We have chosen the Amundsen crater because we consider that it is the ideal location since gives the sun constantly. Therefore, we would have solar energy throughout the year, and we can also keep the base refrigerated thanks to the fact that it is located in the south pole.
Specifically, we will place the base below the inner edge of the crater to be able to protect us well and also, so as not to be far from the sunny part, thus being able to obtain solar energy through solar panels. As we have mentioned before, our choice is ideal since although it might seem difficult to get out of the crater for the astronauts, they can do their job. In fact, it is not. There is no gravity on the moon and this allows them to move freely to be able to study the area.
In the file .obj and in the different screenshots we can identify the different parts of our camp. We have enabled our base with all the necessary our astronauts can feel as comfortable as possible, with simple but practical installations, our objective is that astronauts can work and in turn have adequate rest areas for a higher performance. One of our favorite areas is the greenhouse, a place where they can grow and experience to find answers that many of us ask ourselves.
As well, the possibility of having crops using materials and resources of the area. The resources of the moon that we will use in the construction and improvement of our base are: lunar regolith, water ice, and lunar basalt.
– We will use the lunar basalt in the structure of the base.
– When we find ourselves in one of the poles we will take advantage of the ice that is in some lunar craters, and we use it to produce drinking water and oxygen, getting hydrogen to fuel rockets and cars.
– The lunar regolith is a layer of material that when is processed we can obtain more materials and elements such as iron and titanium.
As we said before, we will place the base below the inner edge of the crater to be able to protect us well . After that, the resources of the moon that we will use in the construction and improvement of our base: lunar regolith, water ice, and lunar basalt. The structure you can see in the file .obj protects our astronauts.
In the first months of the camp, food and materials will be supplied to the base through various expeditions, which will not only fulfill the function
previously mentioned, but they will also take back to earth samples that the scientists and explorers of the base will have collected in their various investigations, to inquire about them with more cutting-edge devices on the earth’s surface.
The above missions will take the different residues to the earth’s surface to be treated and studied. We don’t want to pollute the moon.
The main means of communication with planet earth will be through radio, but it will also try to implement an internet connection by satellites.
The experiments will have as main objective to investigate the different uses of Helium 3.
Experiments with cultures in soil and lunar environment were also carried out. Also, like previously mentioned, it seeks to widely explore the lunar surface, with the aim to better understand its topography and search for materials with potential to exploit them.
The training program used to prepare the base residents will be, for example that of ESA. However, due to the complexity of the investigations that are
will be carried out at the station, the astronauts must not be prepared only physically but they must also be academically. Careers such as Biochemical Engineering orgeology will be a requirement to enter the different departments of the base. As well, a strong psycological training must be given. They’re gonna suport difficult conditions.
The vehicles that will be in the base will be only Lunar Rovers at the beginning.
But, over time, specific vehicles will be developed within the complex itself for the lunar surface
