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The Challenges of Building on the Moon
Even if we can reach the moon, the moon environment is still very rough.
The near-vacuum environment makes any earth-building technology unsustainable on the moon due to lack of oxygen.
We will face a series of major environmental challenges.
The near-vacuum environment makes any earth-building technology unsustainable on the moon due to lack of oxygen.
We will face a series of major environmental challenges.
7 DifficultiesVacuum environment
The atmospheric pressure of the moon is only 1% of the earth's atmosphere, so we need to make sure only the full maintenance of the air being achieved can we live in a vacuum. Extreme temperature
Since the moon does not have the heat capacity of the atmosphere and water, the temperature of 12cm above the lunar surface goes from 150C to minus 250C in a day. The moon's houses would be required to balance the temperature difference between day and night by using the greenhouse effect. Cosmic ray radiation and micrometeorites
On the earth, most of the meteorites get burned off by the earth's thick atmosphere, the magnetic field keeps most of the cosmic rays away. On the moon, houses will always face the impact of bullet-like small meteorites and cosmic rays. The house is therefore required to have extremely high levels of strength and radiation resistance. Oxygen generation
It is a crucial question how to continue to produce the oxygen that humans need on the moon. Food
Human metabolism requires constant food intake. While there is no organic matters on the moon. We need a new food production mechanism to ensure food supply. Energy production
Although there is a lot of helium 3 on the moon, early moon towns may not have the time and capacity to support a fusion reactor. We will need an energy solution. Water production
70% of the human body is made of water, and if there is a shortage of water, the body will quickly collapse. How to make and recycle the available water on the moon is also essential to the normal functioning of the human life. |
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Lunarizon team has started studying autonomous houses in Cambridge from 2005
Finally, the team realized the feasible integrated solution of lunar base.Some of the results are also included in the architecture department library at Cambridge university. Another part was published in the Geneva conference of PLEA2007. Then the founding members of the Lunarizon team were involved in the development and operation of the world's first zero-carbon village, Bedzed. Subsequently, we will host the construction of the zero carbon pavilion of the world expo, and lead zero-carbon city planning and core building construction in many regions around the world. Through decades of effort we have been able to build and operate self-sufficient autonomous towns on earth.
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we have set up a joint research and development center at Tongji university in China in 2017 and work with MIT to study the next generation of lunar housing technology.
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