Planned moon village looks just like the Teletubbies' house
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- 11 Jun 2020
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The Teletubbies are going intergalactic. Well… sort of.
The children’s TV show looks like it’s been a major influence on the European Space Agency’s design to update the International Space Station with a moon village.
‘Lunarville’ could replace the existing station by 2024, according to Professor Jan Woerner, the future head of ESA.
Apparently, the Teletubbies’ residence replica – which boasts similar dome-shaped rooms – would lead to major advances in the search for fuel and nuclear fusion.
Woerner said: ‘The construction of a station on the moon would trigger a huge surge of technological innovation on earth.’
The space village will be located on the back side of the moon – which we can’t actually see from earth – as that area provides the best conditions for research thanks to its pretty flippin’ impressive views into the depths of space.
The Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany is working on the dwellings and should plans go ahead, researchers would spend months at a time living on the lunar base – eating crops grown in on-site greenhouses, not bowls of dodgy looking ‘Tubby custard.
Time for Teletubbies (ESA/Foster)
Although finances may prove to be the biggest barrier for the project, which is estimated to cost considerably more than the £75 billion existing space station, Professor Woerner remains confident Europe will come together and chip in.
He added: ‘There is still so much about the moon we don’t know. And there are resources which could prove valuable.’
