![]() At first, supplies from Earth will be needed, but the idea is to use local resources such as the regolith and frozen water located in permanent night regions to supply the village. Astronauts may then travel to the Moon and begin their activities. After about three earth-months, this process would be completed and the dome would finally be protected from radiation, temperature fluctuations, and micrometeorites, and hence, ready to be inhabited. This robot, equipped with cutting edge tech, would 3D-print a sponge/bone-like structure around the dome and fill it with regolith collected from the surroundings. From here on, a robot carried inside the lander will carry on. This dome will serve a support structure for the final assemblage. Once the cylindrical capsule is in position, a dome would be inflated from one of its ends, while the other one remains as an entrance. This unmanned mission would unload a habitation capsule at the chosen location. The village may begin with one single lander. It has multiple uses, for multuple users, but at a single place. Too look for diferent activities, be it pure science, be it also business, even tourism or mining. We will really have a global exploration team on the Moon. It will be the Americans, it will be the Russians, it will be the Chinese, it will be the Indians, the Japanese, and even more contries. In the words of ESA’s Director General Johann-Dietrich Woerner: ![]() ![]() This preliminary sketch is Europe’s first step towards a worldwide collaborative project to establish a permanent base station for human activities on the Moon. This VR scenario shows ESA’s concept of a Moon Village, a science-fiction-like permanent base station that could actually be constructed sooner than you might have thought.Īlthough not properly an ESA project yet, “ Moon Village” is how the European Space Agency envisions the future of lunar exploration and space colonization. After the success of “ Apollo 11 VR Experience” and “ Apollo 17 VR Experience“, we have created a brand new virtual adventure on the Moon, this time, for the European Space Agency.
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