PneumoPlanet - Study of an Inflatable Moon Habitat
Programme
                            Discovery
            Programme Reference
                            S 2020-06-b
            Contractor
                            Pneumocell
            Start Date
                            End Date
                            Status
                            Closed
            Country
                            Austria
             
          Description
                            The goal of this study was to develop a design for a lunar habitat in the close vicinity of one of the lunar poles and to demonstrate the feasibility of the suggested design in view of the available resources. The habitat should operate self-sufficiently in the long term by producing and recycling its own oxygen and food inside large greenhouses and almost exclusively by using solar irradiation power. The proposed concept features a combination of:
- Prefabricated ultra-light inflatable structures.
- Covering the inflated structure with a 4 -5 meters thick layer of local loose regolith for efficient protection from extreme temperature, meteorites and cosmic radiation.
- The use of mirrors that move towards the sun and bring visible sunlight into the greenhouses.
Technology Domain
                            14 - Life & Physical Sciences
                              20 - Structures
                              22 - Environmental Control & Life Support (ECLS) and In Situ Resource Utilisation (ISRU)
            Competence Domain
                            2-Structures, Mechanisms, Materials, Thermal
                              6-Life & Physical Science Payloads, Life Support, Robotics & Automation
            Keywords
                            Moon base
                              moon village
                              inflatable structure
                              lunar habitat
                              inflatable
                              lunar caves
            Executive summary
                            
            