Mankind has always been fascinated
by the moon.
And traveling there was one of humanity's
greatest achievements.
But what if landing on the moon
was just the beginning?
Welcome to Jamestown, 1974.
Jamestown Base is the first
permanent outpost established on the moon.
Built for exploration and research,
it's designed to house three astronauts
for three months at a time.
It's not exactly a five-star hotel.
Space is confined,
and privacy is almost nonexistent.
But compared to the LEM,
it's actually pretty roomy.
Living on the moon has its advantages.
Unlike out in space,
where there's no gravity,
the moon has one-sixth
the gravity of Earth.
So it turns out
you can take a shower on the moon.
There's enough gravity
so that water will actually fall down
before it gets recycled.
All right, let's head over to the galley.
Here we have a folding table
that stows against the wall.
The cup holders built into the table
are even heated to keep your food warm.
Though it's not exactly
Mom's home cooking.
Then again, you don't come here
for the food.
Mission patches are displayed on the walls
so you can leave your mark.
This one's for Apollo 21,
Molly Cobb's first trip to the base.
As the unofficial mascot
of NASA astronauts since the 1960s,
you'll find Snoopy all over Jamestown.
He's even color-coded
to help you keep track of your belongings.
Over here is the bedroom.
In one-sixth gravity you'll be able to hop
right onto the top bunk without a ladder.
Personal space is quite limited,
so privacy curtains
and a little decorating can go a long way.
One danger of living in partial gravity
is losing bone and muscle mass.
To fight that, you can use
a rowing machine or a pull-up bar.
You'll also want to use
these resistance bands,
because if you can lift
100 pounds on Earth,
you can lift six times that on the moon.
If you want to go out for a moon walk,
you need to exit through the air lock.
The room here is pressurized,
so you can exit...
and enter without releasing the air
from the entire station.
The radiation in outer space
can be a huge danger to astronauts.
To help shield the crew, regolith
is spread across the roof of the base.
But regolith can also gum up
the electronics and make us sick.
That's why Jamestown has a specialized
air filtration system inside the base.
Some of this external equipment
might look a little familiar.
The fuel tanks, RCS thrusters
and four descent engines
were all repurposed from the LEM
to land the base on the surface
without any crew on board.
Also located on the roof are solar panels.
Because the base is located
at the lunar south pole,
the sun is always very low on the horizon.
For this reason,
the panels pivot 90 degrees
to capture the sunlight
and power the base.
We've even thought about the future.
We've got two hatches ready for expansion.
And now let's take a look
around the ops area.
Here's where the crew can plan
and keep track of their various missions.
The monitors let us keep eyes
on the rover, mining
and everything else on the lunar surface.
Over here, you'll find controls
for the power,
fire suppression system, electronics
and computer processor.
Throughout the station,
you'll also find our high tech
onboard communication system.
Astronauts have operational
conversations with NASA
over continuous video and audio feeds.
But all personal conversations
are done exclusively in the comm bay.
You can even call your family
when you have a break.
Jamestown shows what a moon base
could have looked like in the Apollo era.
It's as realistic as possible
given the technology of the time.
I'm Garrett Reisman, former NASA astronaut
and crew member
for the International Space Station.
I'm also the technical advisor
on For All Mankind.
Now we've come a long way
since the Apollo era.
I mean, think of what a moon base
could be with the technology of today.
Maybe the idea of living on the moon
is actually closer than we think.
