ESA Holds Workshop On Lunar Base Design

plasticpixel writes "Space.com is reporting that a workshop is underway in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to discuss and plan extraterrestrial bases for human settlement of the Moon. Full story is online. Reminds me of the lunar base I designed when I was about 9 years old for a school project. Too bad I didn't have the backing of NASA or the ESA back then. "

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Been there, done that.. in smaller form

[getha]

Funny, I followed this workshop two years ago in a somewhat smaller form (I think). It was organised by the same people though, Paul van Susante I remember.

It was fun to do, but the technical level was pretty low as we were mostly second or third year students. It was also framed in a multi-cultural frame, so there were a lot of side issues dealing with foreign students. And it was a lot shorter.

But it was fun, probably one of the funnest things I did that year. It also sparked my interest in the other disciplines here at the Technical University (I am studying Civil Engineering). I still have this vague idea of combining something like this into my thesis, but I can't really come up with a good basis for that (yet)...

Good to see they're still hammering away at this. I for one would sign on for a stint on a lunar base yesterday, if I could...