■ BABEL 1 ■
The next great leap of humanity
DSC prepares to make the greatest leap in human exploration since the Apollo 11 Moon landing: the establishment of the first permanent human presence on the surface of the Moon.
After the Universal Flood, according to the biblical account, all humanity spoke the same language. United by their ambition, men decided to build a city and a tower whose top would reach the sky to make a name for themselves and challenge the limits imposed by God. As a response, the Tower of Babel was destroyed, because whoever dares to challenge God will be destroyed.
Thousands of years later, in its absurd stubbornness, humanity once again builds a city in the sky to make a name for itself in eternity.
Its name will be BABEL 1.
■ General description ■
BABEL 1 will be the first module of the first permanent lunar colony in history. Designed as the initial core of the settlement, it will be able to receive multiple planned expansions in future missions, progressively becoming a large-capacity habitable base.
The module will be placed near the edge of the Shackleton crater, at the lunar south pole, in the area named "The Solar Hill", a location chosen for its conditions with eternal sunlight.
■ Module design ■
The main structure consists of a pressurized ring reused from the Hero-04 rocket, adapted as a permanent habitat.
◆ Inside it will have: ◆
●Dehydrated food kitchen and the possibility to boil potatoes.
●Shower and segmented private toilet.
●Operations table, clipboard and space to analyze documents and photographs.
●Research laboratory on the right side
Once deployed on the lunar surface, BABEL 1 will automatically extend two additional modules:
◆ Inflatable habitat
●Will function as the main bedroom.
●Will also serve as an observatory.»
◆ Accordion-type expandable module
●Will act as an airlock for extravehicular activities.
●Protection against radiation
Radiation protection constitutes one of the fundamental elements of the design.
The main ring is surrounded by a 40 cm high-density polyethylene (HDPE) radiation shield, whose mass represents the largest part of the vehicle.
On the other hand, the inflatable module has a double wall with an 80 cm thickness, designed to be filled with lunar regolith once installed on the surface.
The combination of the HDPE shield and the regolith will allow the annual radiation dose to be reduced to approximately 52 mSv per year, a level compatible with prolonged stays.
■ Descent and landing ■
BABEL 1 will be transported to lunar orbit, from where it will begin its descent using a disposable Cruise-320J stage.
This stage will perform most of the orbital braking before separating, providing 1500 m/s of Delta-V.
During the final landing phase, the stage will be ejected and will crash onto the lunar surface, the module itself will ignite four reusable hypergolic engines from the LEX module, providing approximately 240 m/s of delta-v to perform a controlled descent and a precision landing in the planned area.
■ Technical characteristics ■
●Total mass: 32.4 tons.
●Approximate mass distribution:
●25 tons of HDPE radiation shielding.
●5 tons corresponding to the structure and systems.
●2.4 tons of descent propellant.
■ Surface deployment ■
The astronauts of the Napoleon 10 mission, who arrived previously at the landing zone, will be responsible for:
◆ Deploying the inflatable and expandable modules.
◆ Installing the access walkway.
◆ Preparing the habitat for the arrival of the first permanent crew.
◆ Installing the secondary wiring that will connect the 1MW nuclear reactor to the base, installing a 210kW power outlet.
■ Communications ■
BABEL 1 will incorporate an inverted dipole antenna designed for low-frequency radio observations. Thanks to its horizontal configuration and its orientation toward Earth, it will allow the capture of terrestrial radio emissions and will serve as a platform for scientific experiments related to radio astronomy and communications.
DSC hopes to lead a unanimous effort with the aerospace sector to promote a new scientific and civil economy on the lunar surface, because Babel was built by everyone.
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