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ICON illustration of a conceptual lunar base with 3D printed infrastructure, including landing pads and habitats.

The World's first manned lunar base

In 2028, NASA plans to launch the Lunar Surface Asset, a small lunar habitat designed for the moon's surface that will be the World's first manned lunar base.

But how is the best way to build a lunar base? What does it take?  And, is it realistic to have a date already in 2028?

Morten Remar interviewed astrophysicist Michael Linden-Vørnle and Ph.D. student Christina Ayo Toldbo, both from DTU Space in Lyngby, about the perspectives and Danish involvement in the historical and ambitious project. Since October 1st, the media was flooded with the news that the Danish World-renowned architectural firm, BIG, had joined forces with the 3D company ICON and the design company SEArch + to design and draw the World's first permanent lunar base. A 200 m2 lunar building that will be manned by four astronauts for up to one month at a time.

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