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Obviously, We will use the water recovery system that will allow us to recycle urine, sweat, wastewater and condensed water in the cabins, but it will not be the only way to supply us in water because of course, we have placed ourselves at the Moon Pole which is now richer in water ice. And once analyzed, if it is drinkable, this water will be transformed into liquid water that will be used to wash, drink, but also thanks to electrolysis we can break down this water into oxygen and hydrogen which can liquefy given liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) to use it as Rocket Fuel and go Why not? Further than the Moon.

Food is one big challenge in space, as a lunar base, the whole thing is different because of gravity. We think it will be complicated to regularly provide supplies through lunar landers, so the main solution is to be self-contained. The base includes a growth chamber for vegetables and fruits to partially solve this problem.

For energy, we planned to use simple solar panels as well as radioisotope thermoelectric generators. Since we are based around the poles of the moon, we will have an almost constant solar energy production. For safety, it will be important for every single module to be self-sufficient energetically, but if something goes wrong we’ll be able to power the defective module with another one. We had the idea to use Peltier modules installations, it may work well-generating electricity considering that in space, temperatures are radically changing according to the light exposition (?).

For the question of the revitalization and the generation of air on the camp we premeditated to employ the ECLSS system from the ISS which will allow us to generate dioxygen, with the oxygen generator system and with the air revitalization system which apply the recycling of trace contaminants and carbon dioxide.

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At 6:30 UTC, the 3 to 4 astronauts will go to prepare and have their breakfast. At 8 a.m. the astronauts will have a conference with all the control centres (Houston, Munich, Moscow and Tsukuba) to summarize the past day and plan today’s day. After that, at 9 a.m., the engineers will go to do their checklist of vital systems (Water Recovery System, Air System Revitalization, Oxygen Generation System, Communication System (ECLSS) and then this energy system (solar panels, Thermoelectric Radioisotope Generator … ). The scientist will prepare his experiments (such as experiments on materials, on the evolution and behaviour of certain plant species in the face of lunar gravity …). At 10:30 a.m., the team will take a 25-minute break. Then, the experiments will start at 11 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m. At 12:30 p.m., the team will eat lunch. At 1:30 p.m., the team will contact the control centre for experiments and executive orders. From 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the scientists will take care of their experiments and, at 5:30 p.m., they will report to the control centre. And all the while, engineers will be thinking about how to optimize, enlarge and repair the base. And at 6 pm, the team will be able to contact their family and relax for 30 minutes. After having a good time with their teammates and their family, they will go and prepare dinner. Then, at 9 p.m., they will continue their daily activities, regardless of whether it is scientific, agricultural or technical. as you could see the day these astronauts this will sum up with a 50/50 with their scientific and engineering activities. And as for the “curfew”, they will go to bed between 00 am and 1 am.