The function of the lunar base

The Russian Space Agency said that the design of the base has been fully verified and is currently raising funds. The new manned orbital platform will have the advantages of manned space system and space automatic detection station-it can not only continue and further expand the research work undertaken by the International Space Station, but also be used to process and test more advanced interstellar detection systems, develop a new generation of space transportation and technical support systems, and more importantly, it is an interplanetary transportation spacecraft that can be used many times.

One of the most exciting moments of the twentieth century was the landing of man on the moon. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, the lunar exploration activities carried out by the United States and the Soviet Union not only excited people, but also brought almost no economic benefits. It is precisely because lunar exploration is expensive, laborious and flashy that it has been silent for 25 years since the completion of the American Apollo program in 1972. It was not until the second half of the 1990s that the lunar exploration campaign warmed up again, and many countries planned to race around the moon to occupy valuable lunar resources.

The United States has put forward a plan to immigrate to the moon. The initial idea is to set up a development center at the South Pole of the Moon, and the required materials will be taken directly from the Moon. Because lunar soil is rich in aluminum and iron, the main building materials in immigrant areas are aluminum and iron. The mined ore is transported to a crater in the south pole of the moon for smelting, and the energy required for smelting comes from solar panels. Because one fifth of the lunar soil is made of silicon, and silicon is a necessary material for making solar panels. American aerospace experts also plan to use silicon and other raw materials to make a glass-like aerogel, which can be used not only to prevent solar radiation, but also as a heat insulation material for houses. At present, researchers from Marshall Space Center and Johnson Space Center are working together to finalize the plan of how to move to the moon.

Russia, which can rival the United States in space technology, has been implementing the lunar program, with the ultimate goal of developing the helium isotope helium -3 on the moon. Helium -3 is a kind of nuclear fuel, which is extremely poor on the earth, but extremely abundant on the moon. Dozens of tons of helium -3 can meet the global energy demand for one year. 1998 10, Russia has made a new moon development plan, studied the "life experience" of the moon, explored its water resources, and developed the extremely rich nuclear fuel helium -3 on the moon. According to this development plan, Russia will launch a small lunar orbital station, and then launch various detection instruments from the orbital station to the moon, including the 10 penetration detector that can detect the surface of the moon.

Scientists have made a detailed analysis of the mysterious polar region of the moon, and believe that it is the most suitable place for human beings to establish an activity base in the future. Located on the edge of a crater named after British explorer shackleton, it meets two basic requirements for establishing a lunar activity base: there is enough sunlight to generate solar energy; It is located very close to a permanent shadow area, which may store deep frozen ice. Ice can not only meet the drinking water needs of lunar settlers, but also produce fuel for spacecraft. The lunar prospector spacecraft once found ice in the north and south poles of the moon. This is an important discovery, and scientists have made plans to immigrate to the moon based on this discovery.

There are some areas in the south pole of the moon that are close to the permanent exposure of the sun. The edge of shackleton Crater is a particularly interesting area because it spends 80% of its time in the sun. There are two other areas only 10 km away from this area, and 98% of the total time of * * * is in the sun. Not far from here, there are some permanent shadow areas inside the crater, and the ice stored there will not melt because it is not irradiated by the sun.

This is an ideal area for establishing the first lunar base. Solar panels that generate electricity can be placed in sunny places and connected to them by microwaves or cables. In this way, the area around the crater in shackleton can obtain almost continuous solar energy supply, and it is also easy to obtain the ice resources stored by the moon. The north pole of the moon is flatter than the south pole, but it is estimated that there is a permanent shadow area with an area of 1.3 million square kilometers.

Hilton International, which owns many famous hotels in the world, is also preparing to build its first hotel on the moon. The huge building named "Hilton Hotel on the Moon" will have 5,000 rooms, its electricity will be provided by two huge solar panels, and it will also have its own beach and sea and a farm. The company is working closely with experts from NASA on this project and hopes to establish a partnership so that guests can be sent to this hotel. Peter george, chairman of Hilton International, said: "We are determined to realize this plan. Because it can sustain life there, we intend to be the first company to build a hotel there. " So far, Hilton International has spent more than 654.38 million pounds on this project.

British architect Peter InSi Tong suggested Hilton build a 325m-high building, which will be comparable to MGM Hotel in Las Vegas and the largest hotel in the world. The complex will have a restaurant, a medical center, a church and a school, and there will be high-speed elevators to transport guests between floors. Drinking water will be taken from the newly discovered ice bank. The room will be pressurized, and guests can choose to use magnetic boots or weighted boots to deal with the problem of weak gravity on the moon. There will also be an extensive life support system, and the hotel will have its own landing site where the space shuttle can park.