Workshop THE MOON VILLAGE

The aim of the two-day workshop was to discuss relevant issues prior to the design of the Moon Village architecture. In order to prepare for the workshop, students prepared posters on the topic of the Moon Village. Rumi Nakamura, scientist from OEAW, joined us for the preliminary presentation. Input lectures from ESA Moon specialist, Bernard Foing, and space systems specialist Norbert Frischauf enlivened the discussion among the students. Former diploma student of the TU Vienna and current YGT at ESA, Marlies Arnhof, supported the students with valuable input. Additionally, space engineering students from the FH Wr. Neustadt joined the workshop.

During the workshop, the students teamed up to produce reports on five key topics, which are summarised below.

Working Group 1: Explore Together

This working group highlighted the importance of cultural diversity, tolerance and equality. Open questions include the form of responsibility and universal laws. The group proposed multifunctional shared spaces, which would not only save resources and physical space itself, but also create new lifestyles that could change the way we live our lives.

Working Group 2: Resources

This working group summarised resources available on the Moon, such as solar power or substances contained in the lunar soil, like oxygen, hydrogen, helium-3, aluminium. In particular, they highlighted potential in-situ-resource utilisation processes. In addition to open technical questions, the group was concerned about future stakeholders, environmental damages and ethical consequences of moon-mining. Considerations comprise the impact on future generations, importance of the moon’s role in human culture, stakeholders in lunar heritage and the visual impact from Earth.

MOON VILLAGE

MoonNET from Digital to Analog

CARGO First Phase

TEST ROBOTER with on board energy harvesting solar panel

Material tests + machine test

MARS: MOON:

First test-roboters Next big solarand cameras (NASA) storm in 2018-20

POTENTIAL ISS SHUTDOWN

CARGO Second Phase

Elements for first ONsurface station prefabricated on earth

First hub with inflatables

Regolith cover made by robots and 3D printer

ORION Missions

Manned missions for mending 2 Weeks

COMPLETED SURFACE STATION

Regolith cover + habitat structure

CARGO Third Phase

Life support system modules: OXYGEN Production

WATER Production INTERNAL Climate Control

ENERGY: Solar Panels Nuclear Reactor Orion

First engineers to stay on moon 6 months

Before the next big SOLAR STORM:

Tube system research finished

Tube based moon station + on surface entrance module

More space for residents

SELF SUSTAINABLE STRUCTURE

Producing enough oxgen/co2 and water

Independent foodproduction Balanced recycling circle

LAGRANGIAN LAUNCHBASE

A new orbit station

Constant solar energy

Protection from lunar dust

Gravitation simulation

Stop for other space travels (mars moon)

MOON

Developping of a industry for marsian missions

MARS:

Start of the Mars Base Mission

Working Group 3: Humans and Robotics

This working group dealt with the mission timelines, production processes, new technologies, robot and human relations and activities. Important considerations concern the production and storage of energy and its reliability, as well as the use of new technologies for human wellbeing. Human-robot activities include transportation systems, maintenance, life-support, wearables and medical applications. Open questions are considerations on constant monitoring and privacy requirements as well as to what extent machines should be included into the societal processes.

Working Group 4: Resilience and Sustainability

The members of this working group discussed the key components for an open modular, dynamic and flexible framework. Those included space transportation and surface systems, the technical framework and infrastructure development, power systems and waste management. Key components, discussed for achieving social resilience, comprised knowledge exchange, typologies of networks and communication, public and private partnerships and an output and share ratio.

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Working Group 5: Masterplan

The last working group addressed the potential aspects of a master scenario, which requires consideration of steps, such as finding a suitable starting point, transportation and the question of the first module and infrastructure. Furthermore, the topics of scouting, analysation and preparation, stabilisation and initialisation, as well as selfsufficient systems and potential for expansion were approached.

A Hypothetical Moon Village Scenario

After the first workshop, students started to develop a vision for a future settlement on the Moon and began to work on a hypothetical scenario, addressing the questions of what would happen and who would be involved. Each student team, which consisted of two to three people, developed their individual scenario and a timeline as part of the Moon Village. In addition, the teams tried to connect to neighboring facilities, in order to live up to the Moon Village idea.

North Pole

7 LUNAR PEARL

Simon Sekereš, Luka Slivnjak

11 MOON OBSERVATORY

Alexandros Ioannou-Naoum, Daniel Can Wittek

3 KRATERHAUSEN RESEARCH OF THE CRATER-BASED RESOURCES

Theresa Brock, Sabrina Kerber, Mohammad Elzahaby

12 MATERIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH MODULE

Nadja Drageljevic

Katharina

Marius

South Pole stationary mobile