clhs sciblog » NASA http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog Musings on current happenings in science from our little slice of the world. Mon, 21 May 2012 19:54:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Portable Moon Base http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2008/04/portable-moon-base/ http://clhs-chawks.org/sciblog/index.php/2008/04/portable-moon-base/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:59:10 +0000 marstetl http://clhscience.edublogs.org/2008/04/29/portable-moon-base/ This article explains exactly how NASA is going to test their inflatable moon habitat. NASA plans to test these bases in some of the coldest parts of Antarctica so that they are able to see as to how low of below freezing temperatures this habitat can with stand. However this inflatable habitat idea is only one or a few plausible concepts. NASA has also said that they hope to have astronauts back on the moon and performing more explorations by the year 2020.

The design of these habitats has been taken into much consideration, because these bases have to be able to withstand long amounts of time on the moon and they must be easily constructed and deconstructed for transportation. because of these specific requirements most companies that are trying to get this goverment funded contract are failing even before they start due to design flaws.

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