Lunar Architecture
The Apollo missions proved we could reach the Moon. The next generation of missions aims to establish a permanent foothold. This requires massive infrastructure: orbital staging habitats, surface nuclear fission power systems, and in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) machinery designed to extract water ice from shadowed craters at the lunar south pole.
We go to the Moon not as a destination, but as a proving ground. It is the harbor from which we will launch into the deep ocean of space.
Developing closed-loop life support systems on the Moon is a prerequisite for planetary settlement. Every drop of water, every molecule of oxygen must be recycled with rigorous efficiency.
