Lenovo is partnering with SAGA Space Architects to support a practice ‘space mission’ in which a high-tech lunar home will be trialled to simulate habitation on the moon.

The research project, which will see two Danish space architects Karl-Johan Sørensen and Sebastian Aristotelis live in the home they have designed themselves, is aimed at getting research results that will one day make human settlements on the moon possible.

For three months, from today, the two adventurers will live in a deserted area in Greenland. The lunar home, Mark 1, will rely on technology including Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and computers to help protect them from the simulated conditions of the harsh ‘lunar’ environment.

It also features solar panels to generate power for the computer and 76 sensors, which among other things, ensure that the habitat works in extreme environments with -30 degrees.

Lenovo will provide the two ThinkPad P53 laptops that the Space Architects will use most of the day for both work and leisure, and a desktop ThinkCentre M90n Nano IoT, which will collect biometric data - such as humidity, temperature and sleep quality - from the lunar home's sensors.

The computers have been military tested and are built to handle extreme conditions and demanding tasks such as heavy architectural drawings.

The data will be used for research and at the same time, through the artificial intelligence on the machine, enable the researchers to spot potential physical faults in the home that could put either survival or the research at risk.

“We are going to be totally isolated. The landscape is monotonous. There are no surrounding stimuli, and therefore it will be the most faithful simulation of what it will be like to live on the moon, which we can simulate here on Earth,” said Aristotelis.

On site, the team will be collecting unique metrics and assessing biometric data on multiple aspects of themselves and the habitat, like for example a plant wall, assessing the survival of plants in this environment.

The architects are collaborating with 20 research teams, which will have access to the collected data in the aim of getting humans one step closer to the dream of moving to the moon.

Peter Juul Jorgensen, country manager for Lenovo Denmark, said: “We are extremely pleased with the opportunity that the SAGA Space architects is bringing to us - it is the ultimate challenge for our products to showcase the effort we put into securing durability and reliance.”

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