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Originally Posted by
rodsky
So the best place for a moonbase would be at the poles, for two main reasons:
1. There will always be sunlight (needed if the base is to be primarily solar powered)
2. The chances of finding water from permanently shadowed craters will be higher.
-RODION
nakakita diay ko og page sa wiki about this;
Lunar Outpost
A reference architecture has been established for this outpost, based on a location on the rim of the Shackleton crater, located in the immense South Pole-Aitken basin, near the Moon's south pole. At a presentation on December 4, 2006, Doug Cooke (Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate) described an area "that is ... sunlit ... 75 to 80 percent of the time, and it is adjacent to a permanently dark region in which there are potentially volatiles that we can extract and use. ... This sunlit area is about the size of the Washington Mall."[4] (approximately 1.25 kmē). The Indian Chandrayaan orbiter will assist in the determination of the precise location of the outpost.[5]
Other locations considered for possible lunar outposts include the rim of Peary crater near the lunar north pole and the Malapert Mountain region on the rim of Malapert crater.
The current outpost design includes:
* Habitation modules
* Solar power units
* Unpressurized rovers
* In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) unit
* Surface mobility carrier
The outpost would be supplied by a mixed crew and cargo Altair lander, capable of bringing four astronauts and a payload of 6 tons to the Moon's surface.
As currently planned, an incremental buildup would begin with four-person crews making several seven-day visits to the moon until their power supplies, rovers and living quarters were operational. The first mission would begin by 2020. This would be followed by 180-day missions to prepare for journeys to Mars.
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