These images kind of make me want to sign up as a pioneer…
OK, scratch that. Realistically, I guess I mean write a SciFi story about somebody else signing up.
“The Testlab settlement is based on the idea of the Russian Babushka
Doll — one layer protects the next. On the very inside of the settlement
are the Pods, which inhabit the private sleeping quarters, the communal
rooms, the greenhouse, as well as the experimental labs and the
necessary machinery to sustain life on the moon. Between the pods and
the outer most protective membrane is the void that acts as yet another
protective layer between livable and unlivable space.”
https://pionic.org/moontopia-lunar-colony-visions-revealed
I actually think I like the Runner up even more:
“The moon has abundant resources on the moon… [but] it is has always
had a significant meaning to us, and therefore its original state must
be highly respected and preserved as much as possible. Therefore we propose a space station not
built directly on the surface but orbiting around the moon with a cable
linked to the surface”
