MOON / CONCEPT SIMULATION / MISSION LAB 02

TURN SOIL
INTO SHELTER.

Choose what the fleet should make, how it stays powered and how dry regolith becomes useful infrastructure. Then run the scenario and confront the first modeled hold.

NO BULK WATERNO PORTLAND CEMENTIMPORTED PRESSURE LINER

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R01

CONCEPT VISUAL · NOT FOR FABRICATION

MISSION CONFIGURATOR

SCOOP → SCREEN → COMPACT → FUSE → INSPECT.

Every number below is a transparent synthetic planning assumption—not flight data, a construction forecast or a product specification.

01 / WHAT TO BUILDDust-hardened pad2,400 kg modeled local massFirst logistics surface: a small staging-pad demonstrator.Keyed paver route3,600 kg modeled local massA service route between the lander, power plant and work cell.Liner shield shell5,200 kg modeled local massProtective local-material mass around a separate certified pressure liner.

02 / POWER ARCHITECTURE40 kW fission surface power40 kW modeled bus · 94% duty factorHighest continuity · imported reactor and distribution systemPolar ridge solar + storage24 kW modeled bus · 67% duty factorLower imported mass · illumination and shadow exposure remainDay-window solar18 kW modeled bus · 42% duty factorLowest continuity · operations scheduled to favorable windows

03 / FORMING PROCESSCompact + microwave fuseBINDERLESS THERMAL PROCESSWaterless baseline for pads, pavers and compression forms.Batch paver cellBINDERLESS THERMAL PROCESSSlower handling; reusable form supports predictable geometry.Raw compacted regolithSHIELDING / EARTHWORKFast shielding and berm mass; not an airtight or erosion-proof shell.

SELECTED MISSIONDust-hardened padLOW, HORIZONTAL FUSED SKIN

MODELED CLOCK130.4 H24.0 h excavation + 106.4 h forming

PROCESS ENERGY1489 KWHDoes not include habitat systems, launch or surface-grid losses

POWER MARGIN26.0 KWConfiguration delta, not qualified reserve

MISSION GATERELEASERelease only to a physical coupon test

MODELED EXPEDITION EVENTDIELECTRIC DRIFT — a witness coupon heats unevenly; slow the scan and re-qualify the feed lot.

Build the witness coupon, inspect porosity and accept or reject the lot before scaling.

WHAT THE GAME IS TEACHING

THE RIGHT ANSWER CAN BE
STOP AND TEST.

Local output

Loose compacted shielding, fused pads, pavers and protective compression forms are plausible research targets.

Imported essentials

Power, electronics, wear parts, reinforcement and the certified pressure liner remain delivered hardware.

Unresolved

Vacuum heating scale-up, thermal cycling, full-structure QA, dust endurance and independent structural acceptance.

TURN SOILINTO SHELTER.

SCOOP → SCREEN → COMPACT → FUSE → INSPECT.

THE RIGHT ANSWER CAN BESTOP AND TEST.

TURN SOIL
INTO SHELTER.

THE RIGHT ANSWER CAN BE
STOP AND TEST.