LUNAR OASIS

For many, an oasis is the source of life in a barren land, where life surrounds it and is attracted to it.

The idea for this research facility is to implement the image of an oasis, to search for food and provide colour to the moon.

This base is meant to become much more than a research base. It is meant to enforce the idea that life can existe on the Moon, to give hope.

Location

The Green Lab is located in the South polar region of the moon, near the Shackleton crater. A lunar base would benefit from a location that possesses three things: ice, ample sunlight and relatively moderate temperatures. Shackleton has at least two of these three attributes. Measuring 21 km across and 4 km deep, the crater’s peaks are exposed to almost continuous sunlight while its floors and walls are in near perpetual shadow. Mild temperature differences, a high percentage of sunlight for supplying solar power and the possibility that the deep crater may harbour ice, which could be tapped as a water supply make it interesting as a location of a permanently manned lunar base.

Site Plan

For safety reasons, the base will be > 2 km away from the landing zone. It will have two airlocks, one to connect to the greenhouse and one for the rover. The solar panels will be at a safe distance, but at the same time close enough for maintenance and the IMM solar cells will be added to the shielding of lunar regolith in order to provide the base with sustainable energy resources and also to use the surface of the shell in the best way. An antenna will be nearby, so the crew can have a connection with earth. Future habitat development can expand in all directions and make optimal use of the space.