The first city on the Moon, planned building by building
Where it goes, what lands first, and how each building handles heat, dust, power and the long shadows near the south pole.
Where do you want to start?
The plan, the place, or the engineering problems still open.
Can humans live on the Moon?
Each hazard, from vacuum to dust, and the building that answers it.
Read the answer →The lunar south pole
NASA's nine candidate regions compared for sunlight, slope and ice.
Compare the regions →Cooling in space
Why a fan cannot cool anything outside on the Moon, and what does.
See the radiators →What the site covers
The city in build order, the place it is built, and the law around it.
The master plan
The landing port first, then power, heat, robots and roads, then the first homes.
The place
Water ice, temperature, dust, day length and the far side, each with the data behind it.
Land and law
The treaties that apply, the Artemis Accords and who owns the Moon.
What changed on the way back to the Moon this month, and the next date to watch.
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