Introduction
Use the web links on the Task page to complete your research challenge.
What will the first lunar base actually look like? No one knows yet, but many have been designed. In the 1950s and 1960s, scientists and engineers who hoped that by 2020 a lunar base would be fully operational have presented many prototypes for example, igloos, railroads, buses, ecospheres and domes, have all been proposed.
Inflatable structures, underground structures, structures at the South Pole and space ports at lunar libration points have all been designed. Hotels, laboratories,observatories, sports arenas, and mining and manufacturing plants are all very real possibilities.
What would a lunar base that you designed look like? Your research challenge is to use the links provided to gather information which will help in the design process of your Lunar Outpost.
Task
Building a Moon Base (part 1-4)
http://www.universetoday.com/12726/building-a-base-on-the-moon-challenges-and-hazards/
“Camping” on the Moon
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/inflatable-lunar-hab.html
Moon Base Blueprints Pictures
http://pics-about-space.com/moon-base-blueprint?p=2
Living on the Moon: What It Would Be Like (Infographic)
http://www.space.com/27203-living-on-the-moon-explained-infographic.html
Research how NASA uses the Japanese art of origami
http://www.space.com/9819-beaming-solar-power-space.html
Space Colonies: Building a Lunar or Mars Base