New concepts for permanently manned lunar bases - Report of the lunar base design workshop, held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands from 10-21 June 2002

This paper presents some of the results of the Lunar Base Design Workshop, held in Noordwijk, The Netherlands from 10-21 June 2002. Six groups designed six different lunar bases according to six different scenario's. The main findings have to do with the horizontal and vertical movement in 1/6G in shirt sleeve environment. Different concepts for interaction and "contact" with the green inside the base. Another topic was the use of water ice which can be used in several forms. Organic growth using small elements to create a larger space in the desired shapes was important for several reasons. Man and its activities were the central spine in this design workshop. The results are useful together with the already existing more engineering oriented design studies for the next steps in lunar base development.