The team will have to work hard to get the final product ready for the next generation of space travel to the moon – most notably NASA's Artemis program, which has the goal of landing the first woman and the next man on the lunar south pole region by 2024.Īrtemis was the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the moon in Greek mythology. While the architect-explorers won’t be facing the risk of being hit by a meteor in Greenland, they may ‘get hit by a polar bear’, they admit.Īristotelis and Sørensen are part of a design firm called SAGA Space Architects, which has a number of space-inspired projects in development, including a ‘Mars Lab’ and a reduced gravity experiment. The pod will also recycle as much waste as possible and also feature a ‘zero waste ecosystem’ to ensure it leaves no trace of human activity either on Greenland ice or the moon's largely untouched surface. Sørensen (left) and Aristotelis (right) are part of a design firm called SAGA Space Architects, which has a number of space-inspired projects in development, including a ‘Mars Lab’ and a reduced gravity experiment The team’s ultimate mission is to make life in space possible with their temporary home and help inform moon habitat designs, including NASA’s upcoming Artemis mission in 2024. ![]() Lunark will face Greenland’s hurricane winds and -22 degree Fahrenheit conditions, which will replicate the barren and freezing conditions on the moon. The two designers of the module, Sebastian Aristotelis and Karl-Johan Sørensen, say they will be living inside Lunark in northern Greenland for three months starting this autumn to test its efficiency. The comfortable interior of the module comes complete with a bathroom, living quarters with desks and shelving and an on-board 3D-printer to produce new parts for the home that have been designed on a computer. The battery-powered, two-person home consists of a strong aluminium frame as its exterior, which is covered in solar cells to maximise energy generation for the inhabitants. The ‘Lunark’ shelter, created by two Danish ‘space architects’, is a compact habitat that folds down to a manageable size to allow easy transportation before being extended in its final location. A new ‘origami-inspired’ foldable shelter designed for the next generation of moon explorers is about to undergo testing in the harsh conditions of Greenland.
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