Eventually, the Moon Village would grow into a thriving community: a hub for science, exploration, even tourism. In addition to NASA’s Artemis Program, the ESA is also working on a plan to create an International Moon Village. New habitation units can serve functions such as food production and science operations. Gradually, additional infrastructure and equipment would arrive to support excavation, manufacturing, and construction. The development of the Moon Village would happen in phases: the initial phase would allow crews to live, work, and continue building the settlement. The settlement will provide access to permanently shadowed craters near the South Pole that hold undisturbed material from the early history of the Solar System and have much to teach us about its formation. The location of the proposed settlement also serves another core goal of the Moon Village: enabling critical scientific research. Frozen volatiles and water stored in the permanently shadowed craters nearby would be extracted to create breathable air and rocket propellant for transportation and industrial activities. Sunlight can be harnessed for energy, while in-situ resources can be used to generate consumables and other life-sustaining elements. SOMs design for a Moon Village advances the European Space Agencys concept for a lunar settlement built on international. This area is named PAC (Protected Antipode Circle) and is defined as follows: PAC is a circular piece of land about 1820 km in diameter, centered around the Antipode on the Farside and spanning an angle of 30° at the Moon center and around the Earth-Moon axis in all radial directions, and thus also in longitude and latitude. In the Moon Village we would like to combine the capabilities of different spacefaring nations, with the help of robots and astronauts. Thanks to this strategic location and the use of emerging technologies, the settlement will be able to become self-sufficient and lay the groundwork for a permanent human presence on the Moon. SOM’s master plan envisions a Moon Village sited on the rim of Shackleton Crater near the Moon’s South Pole, a region that receives near-continuous daylight throughout the lunar year and is close to essential natural resources.
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