NASA’s Future Lunar Base Will Be Equipped with a Novel Microgrid

NASA’s future lunar base will be equipped with a novel microgrid
Source: Interesting Engineering
Published: May 12, 2022

NASA and Sandia National Laboratories are joining forces to build a microgrid for a future lunar base, according to a statement by the latter published on Wednesday. Called the Artemis lunar base, it will include a habitation unit (for up to four astronauts) and separate mining and fuel processing facilities. These facilities would be built far away from the base camp and would serve to produce rocket fuel, water, oxygen, and other materials needed for extended exploration of the lunar surface while decreasing supply needs from Earth.