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Arriving in Antarctica
New crew members arriving at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Antarctica has the lowest naturally occurring temperature on Earth.
Jeffery Donenfeld
Earthlight Infographic
A Moonscape Closer to Home
Although it is covered in snow and ice, Antarctica is actually one of the driest places on Earth and is considered a desert. A study by Lockhead Martin concluded that the dry conditions, freezing temperatures, and it’s remote nature make Antarctica the best analog to test equipment and concepts designed for future Moon missions.
Jeffery Donenfeld
Cities that are like Moon bases?
What if we designed our cities like Moon bases? On the Moon, there is very little water, no usable soil, extreme temperatures, and no air. Growing food and living there for long periods of time require technology that recycles everything. If we built our cities in the same way, our footprint on the natural environment of the Earth would be greatly reduced.
Cody Sheehy
The last man on the Moon?
July 20th, 2014 will mark the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 13 landing. More than half of Americans have lived their entire life without any human presence on the Moon. Current plans to return estimate a landing date in the early 2020s.
NASA
Early Adopters
After the 2008 food price shocks, many wealthy nations in the Middle East realized that in the future they would not be able to rely on a global food market for imports. They are currently working with the University of Arizona Scientists to implement closed cycle agriculture concepts into demonstration farms.
Hannah Gaber
Air Pollution in Bejing
Water, soil, and air pollution are a mounting concern for China. On occasion, measurements in Bejing have exceed the ability of the US Embassy's equipment to measure. Smog from mainland China has reached as far as California.
Kitta Hirvensalo
South Pole
Admundsen-Scott South Pole Station, NSF. This is the third version of a US science base that has existed at the South Pole since 1952.
Gene Giacomelli, Director of the CEAC
Serious thoughts during a call to Lane Patterson who is operating the greenhouse from the South Pole as a part of a remote operator test.
Roberto Furfaro, the moon, and an asteriod
At the University of Arizona, Dr. Furfaro serves double duty as a team member on the lunar greenhouse project as will as a systems engineer on an asteroid sample return mission.
Murat Kacira
Smiles abound, when it comes to the amazing capabilities of the computer system RENDSys.
Phil Sadler in front of the module 5 collapsable skeleton
Phil is a major innovator behind hostile environment greenhouses and has built several versions for Antarctic applications as well as being instrumental in the concept and construction of the Lunar Greenhouse.
Lunar greenhouse
This is one of four planned modules that are being studied by the CEAC.
The future of controlled in environments
Rooftop greenhouses like these will be a key part of civilization's adaptation to climate change, pollution, and urban expansion in the future.
Sean Gellenbeck works on the Himiwari
An American idea that was developed by the Japanese, but is now coming home to be a part of the lunar greenhouse. This device collects sunlight and creates electricity as well as moving PAR light underground for plant growth.
Marianna Yates
Students who work at the CEAC will have a lot of opportunity to put their skills to good use.
Mike Downing and Tyler Jensen enjoy dinner with the CEAC team
It's all about food. What better way to celebrate the completion of Phase II than by having a big dinner together?
Civilization from space
50 years ago, when humans first saw the Earth at night, it didn't glow quite like this. Our population and cities now spread across the globe.
Greenhouses on the Moon
The actual Moon base may look quite a bit different, but this is one vision of how the greenhouses might be deployed from a single module and fit together into a network of underground tunnels.
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