Analysis and Implications of ESA's Moon Village Construction Program
Lunar base has an important strategic value in the future,serving as space security base as well as platform for space science research.European Space Agency(ESA)proposed the concept of the Moon Village in 2015,and Concurrent Design Facility(CDF)of ESA published the study report"Moon Village:Conceptual Design of a Lunar Habitat"in 2020.Based on the research report,firstly,this paper introduces the basic concept of the Moon Village,including its system division and general layout,and outlines the specific realization plan of the Moon Village program with the con-struction of the Lunar Habitat as the main task.Subsequently,this paper analyzes the internal archi-tectural design and functional partitioning of the Lunar Habitat,the core of the Moon Village program,and provides a detailed description of the hybrid structural features of the rigid load-carrying frame+flexible inflatable shell of the Lunar Habitat.Finally,this paper analyzes the design of the mainte-nance system of the Lunar Habitat from three perspectives of power,thermal and radiation shielding,so as to provide references for the future lunar base construction programs and plans.