A large moonquake occurs and causes a series of incidents on the Lunar base (LB). The module is severely damaged by the quake and all communications with the missional control center (MCC) on Earth are cut off. The alarms go on and oxygen levels are starting to drop. Now, both sides, the MCC and the LB have to find solutions and solve puzzles to re-establish the communication and repair systems at LB, before the oxygen runs out at LB. Time is short. . .

How To Play

• Two players in the same local network required

• 2 separated spaces each making 3 meters by 3 meters

• Good lighting setup

• Best played with headphones

Additional notes on game set up

• Technical requirements of the device: ARCore/ARKit support - accelerometer and gyroscope - Power (Min 3 GB RAM and 2 Ghz CPU)

• The app requires access to your camera, microphone and permission to recognize your partner’s device.

• If you enter the number displayed on the MCC screen to the Lunar Base device but the game does not start, it may be that your WiFi setting is blocking the device to recognize each other. Please contact your service provider to change this setting.

• When collecting the stars, if you don’t hold your screen parallel to the floor, your view inside the game may not be optimal.

• If your wall or floor is too plain, e.g. a room with white walls and floor with no objects, it may fail to recreate the augmented reality of the Lunar Base and MCC. Please make sure you have some objects or posters to give the app sufficient information to recognize your surrounding area.

• If your wall or floor is too reflective, it may not recognize your moves correctly.

Robogamis

The lunar base structure of Tranquility Base is made of robots that are directly inspired by Japanese origamis: the Robogamis. They are composed of triangles called MORI (modular origami) that fit together in the aim to create a lot of different structures. The space application of MORI is to create multiple shapes useful at different moments of the space mission.

Robogamis are developed at EPFL by the Reconfigurable Robotic Lab (RRL)

AMISRU -
Additive Manufacturing and Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization

Instead of relying on delivery from Earth, Tranquility Base uses an autonomous, sustainable and affordable way to produce its own resources.

Additive Manufacturing and Lunar In-Situ Resource Utilization (AMISRU) is a project that combines the development of two state-of-the-art technologies using lasers and optical treatments. First, using the lunar regolith available on the surface of the Moon as a raw material for the production of oxygen for the sustainment of human life and propellant. Second, using the metallic elements left while extracting the oxygen from the regolith, to craft complex objects or structures using processed materials and layered construction.

AMISRU is developed at EPFL by the Laboratory of Thermomechanical Metallurgy (LMTM)

SpaceBok

Tranquility Base has to operate in a hostile and impractical environment, but can rely on robotic explorers such as Spacebok.                          

SpaceBok has been specifically built to test the feasibility of dynamic locomotion in low gravity. As terrestrial walking robots, it shows high versatility. With precise foot placements, sandy slopes or rocky terrain can be tackled. For long-range missions, more energetically efficient gaits can be employed. Such a system could take us to places where no other robot has ever been. Sites of great scientific importance such as deep extra-terrestrial craters and canyons would for the first time be within human reach.

Spacebok is developed at ETH Zürich by the Robotic System Lab (RSL)