30 October 2007

MoonBaseTwo

30 October 2007

20 m 36 m Index

Index 2 Inspiration 3 Site 5 Design Description 9 Transportation and Configuration 11 Design Development 13 Drawings 16 Elevations 23 Illustrations 31 Model 1/100 scale 41 Exhibitions 43 Credits 48

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Inspiration

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Legacy

AV packaging study 2002

Future Systems, 1985

Langley inflatable space station 1961 Kriss Kennedy NASA 1989

Werner von Braun’s Collier studies, 1953

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Site

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Distance

SPACE

MOON House on the Moon 0,16 G Space Station 28’000 km/h

House in Orbit 0 G

400km

384’403 km

Concorde 2200 km/h Jumbo Jet 17km E RE 990 km/h AC HE House SP SP 11km O TM A m 1 G 0k 10

Mount Everest 9km

EARTH

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Moon Southpole

Illumination map of Shackleton crater (circle just to the right of center). The area within the crater that receives no solar light (i.e., lies permanently in shadow) is believed to maintain a temperature of about 40 K (-233° C or -388° F). If water vapor has been deposited there, it should remain frozen at or below the surface.

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Design Description

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Description

Typology: Moon base to support habitation and ‘MoonBaseTwo’ is an inflatable laboratory for In an extreme, compact environment , psy- scientific exploration. the Moon designed to be transported in the chological and sociological aspects require Background: For the future of human space ex- new Ares V rocket launch. The habitat is self- particular attention and are reflected in the ploration, NASA and ESA are following programs inflating and ready to be occupied upon the architectural concept of the Base. Soft ma- to develop permanent Moon bases and have arrival of astronauts. It allows a live-in crew of terials and large interior volumes allow for plans to land astronauts on the Moon by 2020. up to six to conduct on-site scientific research higher vertical movement in low gravity and Objectives: Study of the Moon, Earth and outer while providing support for extended explora- promote a sense of openness. Clear vertical space; analyze the challenges connected with liv- tion of the surrounding lunar environment. zoning between private and common space is ing in these extreme environments; accumulate ‘MoonBaseTwo’ is designed to be the main employed. The common area is located on the experience for future human missions to Mars. habitat integrated into the Constellation pro- ground floor while the private crew quarters Concept: Inflatable habitat. gram—the human mission to the Moon cur- are suspended from the ceiling of the dome. Transportation: From Earth, a three-stage AresV rently being discussed by NASA. The inflatable The soft, smooth, friendly shapes enrich the rocket with EDS (Earth Departure Stage) and base will be packed into a module measuring daily visual and haptic perception of space in Cargo Lander; on the Moon, a utility vehicle for 7.5 meters in diameter by 6 meters long for the highly technical environment. Artificial habitat download and positioning, and a pressu- transport. After inflation, external bags will lighting is designed to change color and in- rized rover (‘MoonCruiserOne’) for crew mobility. be filled with lunar dust (regolith) to provide tensity as required by task and mood. Lighting Location: Shackleton Crater, lunar south pole. protection for the astronauts. Three additional will also be used to recreate sequences of ter- Assembly: 5-day systems set-up after self-deploy- modules complete the main habitat including restrial day and night helping to balance some ment. 6-month regolith fill, either by electrostatic airlocks and a rover docking port. The B ase of the sensory deprivation experienced by the or robotic system. will draw its energy from a solar plant. The rim astronauts. Structure: Hard floor and inflated volume filled of Shackelton crater at the lunar south pole is by internal pressure corresponding to Earth sea being considered as a potential site. Polar sites level atmospheric pressure. on the Moon receive optimal light for solar Weight: 16’000 kg. power generation by minimizing the fourteen- Dimensions: Packed, 7.5 m diameter x 6 m long; Earth-day-long lunar nights (an entire Moon deployed, 20 m diameter x 10 m high. day corresponds to about 28 Earth days). Materials: Aluminium, carbon fiber, Kevlar, MLI, Nomex, regolith.

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Transportation and Configuration

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo ROCKET LAUNCH LANDED ON MOON PICK-UP SELF-DEPLOYMENTMEMBRANE INFLATION REGOLITH FILLING

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Design Development

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Inflatable Solar Panels

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Drawings

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Top View

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9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Side Elevation

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Plan

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9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Section

Regolith Fill-In

Regolith Radiation Protection

Rover Docking Port 10 m

Node 1 Airlock 1

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Interior - Common Space

WARDROOM (W)

RECREATIVE AREA: A RELAXATION AREA: IT IS THE W1.0 GALLEY AREA DEPLOYABLE TABLE IS STOWED SOFT PART OF THE W1.1 KITCHEN RACK INSIDE OF THE RACK GALLEY, THE LABORATORY. HERE THE CREW W1.2 RETRACTABLE TABLE SEATS ARE INFLATABLE CAN CHOSE POSITION AND W1.3 INFLATABLE CHAIRS STRUCTURES THAT COME UP WATCH MOVIES, RELAX. W2.0 BRIEFING RELAXATION AREA FROM THE FLOOR. BRIEFING AREA: W2.1 INFLATABLE SOFA FOOD PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZED OF A SOFA AND W2.2 DEPLOYABLE WORKSTATION ONE SERIES OF PORTABLE STOWAGE IS HANDLED IN THE W2.3 HARD FLOOR WORKSTATIONS. RACKS GALLEY. HERE THE CREW W2.4 SOFT FLOOR CAN COOK AND DISPENSE THEIR W2.5 BRIEFING SERVICE RACK DAILY MEALS USING THE GALLEY RACKS, MICROWAVE AND CONVECTION OVENS, BEVERAGE DISPENSERS. THE RACK GALLEY INCLUDES FREEZER, REFRIGERATOR, DISHWASHER, FOOD PACKAGING AND W1.3 RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. W2.3

W1.3 W2.2

W1.4 W2.5

W1 W1.2 W1.3

W1.1

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Interior - Private Space

CREW QUARTERS (CQ)

THE CREW QUARTERS (CQ) ARE THE INTERIOR DECOR OF EACH CQ THE PRIVATE SPACES FOR EACH IS CUSTOMIZABLE IN TERMS OF CREW MEMBER. THEY OFFER COLORS AND TEXTURES, BASED ON THE ESSENTIAL RETREAT: COLLABORATIVE DECISIONS MADE SLEEP, WORK, PRIVATE BETWEEN ASTRONAUT AND COMMUNICATIONS, PLAY AND DESIGNER. SITUATED OVER THE RELAXATION. OPERATIVE AREA, HANGING DOWN THE CREW QUARTERS PROVIDE FROM THE DOME, THEY ARE STORAGE SPACE FOR CLOTHING ENTERED BY ELEVATOR AND PERSONAL EFFECTS, A PLATFORMS. SLEEP RESTRAINT, A PORTABLE WORKSTATION AND AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT.

C7 C8.1 C9 C8 C11 C10

C1.0 DOOR UP ELEMENT C6 C1 C1.1 DOOR-PLATFORM ELEMENT C2.0 DOOR STRUCTURAL BAND C3.0 MEMBRANE SANDWICH C4.0 EXHAUST AIR DUCT C5.0 ROPE IN POLYESTER JACKET C12 C6.0 STRUCTURAL BAND C7.0 PRINCIPAL DUCT C8.0 MAIN OXYGEN DUCT C8.1 AIRGRILL C5 C9.0 PNEUMATIC CELLS C10 STOWAGE RACK C11 BED C12 DEPLOYABLE WORKSTATION C13 LIGHT C14 INFLATABLE SOFA

C3 C1.1 C2

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Elevations

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo ARES V Lander

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Top View

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Airlock and Rover Docking Port

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Side View

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo 9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Model 1/100 scale

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Photo - J.B. Spector, courtesy Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago courtesy Museum of Science and Industry, Spector, Photo - J.B.

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Exhibitions

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago - Permanent Collection Jennie Kimmel, courtesy Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago Jennie Kimmel, courtesy Museum of Science and Industry,

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago - Permanent Collection

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Cité d’Espace, Toulouse - November 2007 until January 2008

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Credits

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Design Team: Architecture+Vision (Arturo Vittori, Andreas Vogler) Consultant: Thales Alenia Space (Maria-Antonietta Perino, Massimiliano Bottacini) Model: SelfGroup s.r.l., Italy Public Relations: Architecture+Vision (Céline Laurière, Cynthia Morgan) Renderings: Architecture+Vision (www.architectureandvision.com) Note 1: The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago has acquired a 1/100 model for their permanent collection. Note 2: The pressurized rover ‘MarsCruiserOne’ docking on the MoonBaseTwo has been developed with Stephen Ransom Consultancy, Bremen and Loris Granziera from G. Engineering, Udine

9th International Conference on Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon MoonBaseTwo Architecture+Vision

Architecture+Vision is an architecture and design practice established in 2003 by the Italian and Swiss architects Arturo Vittori and Andreas Vogler. The company is based in Rome, Toulouse and Munich and is working in the field of architecture for terrestrial aerospace applications. the design services include: - Building design - Transportation design - Space Technology Transfer - Extreme Environment Design

The central concern of the practice is design excellence, achieved through collaboration Arturo Vittori Andreas Vogler Céline Laurière Cynthia Morgan with clients and specialists ranging from Bomarzo Munich Toulouse Chicago structural and environmental engineers to cost consultants. Research and development are areas of primarily importance to achieve our objectives in ecology, functionality, beauty and quality.

Architecture+Vision Hohenstaufenstrasse 10 D-80801 Munich, Germany [email protected]

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Arturo Vittori, Architect Andreas Vogler, dipl. Arch ETH www.architectureandvision.com

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