lunar base
Settlement on moon
A lunar base is a permanent or semi-permanent human settlement on the Moon.
The term appears in discussions of space exploration and science fiction alike, describing facilities for research, resource extraction, or staging for deeper space missions: NASA outlined plans for a lunar base by 2030.
Also called a Moon base.
- moonbaseFacility on Earth's satellite
- moon landingCraft settling on satellite
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- astronautSpacecraft crew member
- crew quartersOnboard personnel accommodations
habitat · life support · colony · outpost · regolith · dome · airlock · module · landing · oxygen · supply mission · shelter · dust · low gravity · gravity · station · rocket · launch window
- classic sci-fiAsimov, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Clarke, Ray Bradbury
- space colonizationMars, Europa, Titan, asteroid, space station
- future habitatsarcology, biodome, domed city, space station, Mars colony
- future worldsdystopia, utopia, megacity, Mars colony, cyberpunk
- space coloniesspace station, space habitat, mining colony, orbital station, moonbase
- space structuresspace station, satellite, space telescope, space habitat, space dock
terrestrial vs. extraterrestrial
lunar baseground station
Surface facility receiving spacecraft signals
mountain outpost · home base · underground bunker · mission control
lunar, base, luna, lunatic, lunacy, lunate, semilunar, bases, based