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Inflatable Moon Base Concept for Lunar Poles Revealed by ESA

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Tom Patton
Sep 07, 2022
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An inflatable Moon base concept has been revealed by ESA based on a study conducted by Inflatable structures specialist Pneumocell in Austria.

The vision is for a future lunar habitat assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. Sited beside the lunar poles in regions of near-perpetual solar illumination, mirrors positioned above each habitat would re…

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