Author(s) :

Zibo Dai.

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Abstract :

Permanent lunar infrastructure is increasingly discussed as a prerequisite for sustained human activity beyond Earth and as a platform for a broader cislunar research architecture. This manuscript presents a student concept paper, not a validated mission design: it does not report original experimental, mission-operation, financial, or market data. Instead, it develops a science-led systems framework for a permanent lunar base in which research remains the principal mission and commercial activity is deliberately bounded to functions that support scientific continuity, safety, and infrastructure resilience. The proposed architecture organizes the lunar base around planetary science, far-side radio astronomy, partial-gravity human research, deep-space technology demonstration, and cislunar operations. It integrates protected habitat clusters, clean laboratories, greenhouse modules, power and communications infrastructure, mobility corridors, landing and cargo zones, and staged in situ resource utilization. Helium-3 is treated as a long-term research option rather than a near-term business driver, while lunar semiconductor and advanced-materials production are framed as staged research and pilot manufacturing activities that require future validation of cleanliness, yield, quality assurance, supply chains, and market demand. The central conclusion is that a permanent lunar base is most credible when planned as a scientific outpost whose continuity is strengthened by limited services, selective high-value manufacturing, international governance, and transparent milestone gates. Future studies should quantify mass budgets, power flows, dust and plume hazards, radiation shielding, greenhouse performance, ISRU energy balance, manufacturing quality, and techno-economic sensitivity.