3.1 – How will your Moon Camp provide astronauts with sustainable access to basic needs like water, food, air and power?
Water:
There are several ways to obtain water resources:
First, we will carry some solid basic solid ice on our own, responsible for the drinking water needs before reaching the lunar camp.
Second, there are many water ice on the surface of the moon, which will be melted by solar radiation in the morning and evening. It will be placed in a reservoir for basic water storage in the lunar camp.
Food:
Food is brought from the earth and stored underground.
Power:
The molten matter left over from the combustion of lunar oxygen is used as raw material to generate electricity by thermal power generation, and the final water vapor produced enters the condenser, where it is preserved at a suitable temperature to provide heating and cooling for the base.
Air:
Lunar soil is used to prepare oxygen. Although there is no oxygen in the form of gas on the moon, there are many oxygenated substances, which exist in the lunar soil. According to the obtained lunar soil data, we know that there are a large number of silica, ferrous oxide, aluminum oxide, calcium oxide, manganese oxide and titanium dioxide in the lunar soil, which are oxygen-containing substances.
3.2 – How will your Moon Camp deal with the waste produced by the astronauts on the Moon?
Garbage classification: Classify waste by type, such as paper, plastic, metal, and toxic waste.
Recycling: Try to recycle and reuse waste as much as possible. For example, discarded plastic bags can be reused, and uncontaminated paper can be remade.
Incineration treatment: Incinerate waste that cannot be recycled, and treat it into ash through high temperature to reduce the volume and pollution of the waste.
Considering the conditions and technological limitations on the moon, the above treatment methods should be suitable for waste disposal.
3.3 – How will your Moon Camp maintain communications with Earth and other Moon bases?
Our lunar camp is equipped with a radar system, and the central control room is also equipped with a signal radar system and an emergency communication system. The radar system can support communication with the Earth. When the ground radar system fails due to some reasons in the lunar camp, the radar system and emergency communication system in the central control room will be activated to contact the Earth.