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Our Moon Camp is an underground tunnel system that will be based nearby the Peary Crater, which is a crater located near the Lunar north pole. The base will be made out of titanium and covered in regolith to keep solar radiation from entering the base. The base will house 2 astronauts at once but will have living quarters for 6 in case the mission requires more people. It will be self-sufficient and will not need any supply deliveries unless they run out of crop seeds or in the case of an emergency.

Our Moon camp will be in the Peary Crater, which is the crater closest to the Lunar north pole. We chose this location because it receives a large amount of sunlight, which makes our choice of solar power more effective. There is also a large amount of water ice located at the lunar north poles that can be utilized for our moon camp, allowing the base to be more efficient with what it can store and produce.

Our plan for building the moon camp is to build an underground base that utilizes the creation of tunnels by robots sent in advance to excavate the location of the base and to start placing the foundation of the base under the ground. The materials that the base would be made out of titanium with regolith to assist in keeping the solar radiation from entering the base.

The moon base will access water from the ice located at the north pole, which will be where the base is situated. This allows the astronauts to bring other valuable resources such as food or air tanks.

The moon base will have 4 large shelves that contain hydroponics systems in order to feed the astronauts and to provide oxygen for the base. The crops will be brought with the astronauts when they travel there along with a store of non-perishable foods in case of emergency

The base will have 3 large solar panels that will power the entirety of the base. There will also be battery modules stored under the floor that will store unused power created from the solar panels to use during the night.

The base will have a life support system that utilizes liquid oxygen tanks to fill the air, then the plants bring grown to sustain it. There will be extra tanks of oxygen brought in case of an emergency.

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The moon camp will be protected from radiation from the thickness of the titanium shell as well as the regolith. The base itself will be located around 20 meters below the surface and will have an elevator with an airlock system in place to ensure that no oxygen escapes the base. This will ensure the safety of the astronauts inside the base and make sure that the plants will stay safe and won’t be killed.

The astronauts will wake up that morning and eat breakfast, then begin to plan out their day. First, they will take a maintenance check to ensure that everything is still working effectively, then they will take an inventory to ensure that they have all the important supplies in abundance. They will then take a spacewalk to make sure that the solar panel system is still operable and is clean so that they can get the most amount of power. After that, they will tend to the plants, harvesting any that are fully grown, then replant if any is needed. They will then do research on how low gravity and artificial lighting affects plant growth as well as how it is affecting the astronauts mentally. They will then end the day by doing another maintenance check to make sure everything is operational, then go to sleep.