Building on the Moon: NASA's Architectural Strategy for Permanent Lunar Habitation

After Artemis II's return to Earth, NASA unveiled a new phased plan to establish a Moon Base . Although most of the media's attention went to rockets, budgets, and geopolitical competition, a quieter question was lingering for architects in the background: How can a human being actually live on the surface of the Moon, and for how long? The establishment of a permanent human presence on the Moon m