Military Technology

In fact, how to build this lunar scientific research station has always been a key topic in the aerospace field and is also one of the difficult problems.

After all, they are 380,000 kilometers apart, so there are very strict requirements for any construction facilities on the moon. Although various aerospace agencies and aerospace companies have released their own plans for lunar scientific research stations, they even include some design plans and design ideas.

But how to design and build this lunar scientific research station is also the biggest problem facing Wu Hao and others, because they have no experience and nothing to refer to.

They intelligently used the design plans and related ideas released by previous aerospace agencies and aerospace companies, as well as their own related understandings, to build this lunar scientific research station from scratch.

So how to build it and what functional modules there are, there is no ready-made reference object for these. So what should we do? Wu Hao and the others can only build it bit by bit based on these reference materials and experience.

To put it simply, this lunar scientific research station can actually be regarded as a large space station on the moon. It's just that compared to the space station that sails in the moon's low-Earth orbit, this lunar surface scientific research station is larger and more complex.

It has all the functions and characteristics of a space station. For example, it must have its own core module, its own personnel living module, and a resource service module that supports the operation of the entire lunar surface scientific research station.

In addition to these cabin configurations, several experimental cabins will be added as needed, as well as airlock cabins for access to the entire lunar surface scientific research station.

However, depending on the specific conditions of the lunar scientific research station and the lunar environment, these functional modules will be slightly different, but they are all very similar and have basically the same functions.

Of course, the entire lunar surface scientific research station is far from that simple. Because they are 380,000 kilometers apart, some other cabin modules may be added, such as storage warehouse modules. It cannot be one, but two, or even three or more.

Why? Because these storage warehouse modules store materials needed for personnel's daily life and scientific research work, so disaster recovery backup is necessary. Otherwise, once there is a problem with this storage warehouse, everything inside will be damaged.

Once there is a problem with these materials, which are 380,000 kilometers apart, even if a cargo spacecraft is urgently arranged to transport materials and supplies, it will take at least a week. How can these personnel wait?

Therefore, important functional modules like this are usually built in two or three, or even more, to serve as backups for each other.

In this way, even if one or even two of them have problems, it will not affect the normal operation of the entire lunar scientific research station, as well as the lives and scientific research work of the personnel inside.

In addition to this storage warehouse module, there are also water resource protection modules, air supply modules, power modules, etc.

These modules will not be put together, but will be placed in different areas according to different functions, so that even if there is a problem in one area, another area will operate normally.

Even the living cabin module and the core control module have backups to deal with possible crises.

Even one kilometer away from this scientific research station, an emergency avoidance center will be built in the future to be used for emergency evacuation after a large disaster strikes.

What is a large-scale disaster? For example, there was a sudden wave of meteorite rain on the moon, and the entire lunar scientific research station was severely damaged and became uninhabitable. In addition, the landing ascender parked at the landing site next to it was damaged, making it impossible for personnel to evacuate the moon in an emergency.

At this time, these people can evacuate to this emergency avoidance center for temporary living.

There is relatively abundant water and food stored here, which can guarantee the survival of these people for a certain amount of time, enough to wait until rescue from the earth arrives.

Returning to the construction of the lunar scientific research station, with the paving of the roads on the foundation completed, the construction of the entire lunar scientific research station theme building has officially begun.

First of all

What is printed is the core module module, which is the central control center of the entire lunar surface scientific research station. In fact, there are two such control center modules, one is the main control module and the other is the emergency control center.

The main control center is placed in the middle of the entire lunar surface scientific research station building complex, which is also a themed building. In the future, the construction work of the entire lunar surface scientific research station will start here and gradually extend to the surrounding areas.

The entire main control center presents a nearly square shape at the bottom and a circular dome at the top. It is divided into two floors, covering an area of ​​about 140 square meters. The lower level is the entrance and exit passage, independent airlock cabin, and related equipment rooms. The second floor is the core of the entire main control center, the control hall.

The entire main control center is printed in one piece and is divided into two layers: inner and outer. All are printed and sintered from lunar soil. The upper control hall is designed with several large glass hanging windows through which the outside situation can be seen.

Originally, these glass hanging windows were supposed to be printed by the moon's 3D printer, but the technology was too difficult, and if the size of the printed glass was too large, the pressure resistance would be too poor. Therefore, the glass used in these glass portholes, including the glass used in the entire base, will be transported from the earth.

The glass alone weighs two tons. That's it, it's still streamlined. In the future, quartz sand from the moon will be used to print glass with higher purity and stronger pressure resistance, and then be used in subsequent expansion projects.

Of course, the main control center building printed with the lunar 3D printer is just an empty shell. People cannot live in it, and further construction is needed.

For example, the entire main control center is decorated, and a special material is sprayed on the printed walls. This material will automatically solidify when bonded to the entire wall, forming a film.

Then, apply internal materials on this film, such as insulation materials, anti-radiation materials, etc. Only in this way can a closed, safe, and stable shell be formed.

In addition, during the entire internal construction process, complex pipelines must be installed. The entire process is very complicated, and the construction cycle is far more complicated than printing the building shell with light.