DESTINATION MOON

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The Moon base LunaMonte is located at the lunar south pole, at the base of the mountain Malapert. Considering the environment and the typology of the Moon, the suitable habitat is a subterranean structure, placed inside the mountain. In this way, the habitat is protected from outside influences, such as radiation and meteorites. The habitat consists of a main module which is connected to three inflatable modules at its sides. The main module is inserted into a lava tube at the base of Malapart, and then inflated.

An important part of the mission is to utilize a maximum of in situ resources and to acclimatize the astronauts to living on the Moon. Therefore, the mission is divided into three stages. In the first stage a temporary habitat is constructed. In the second stage, the construction of the permanent habitat begins. Afterwards the crew begins to research and to prepare for the arrival of new crew members. Stage three involves the construction of a mining plant to extract Helium-3.