Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Establishing an Artemis-era Moon Base.  Wanted: lunar building codes.
(Image credit: Lockheed Martin)

GOLDEN, Colorado – First of all, take into account centuries of accumulated engineering knowhow, hard-learned lessons, and societal evolution. We here on home planet Earth have shaped a robust framework of building standards that governs construction on our world today.

But now, as humanity prepares to put in place a “sustained presence” on the moon, how do we guarantee the safety and integrity of structures built in an environment for which no such tradition exists?

What’s needed is a lunar building code, the development of design criteria for the moon.

What’s the Moon shaking news about this story? To find out, go to my new Space.com article — “Do we need a lunar building code to build moon bases safely?” – at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/do-we-need-a-lunar-building-code-to-build-moon-bases-safely