We are quickly approaching midterm-review here in the Lunar Colony studio - I'll take this opportunity to go a little deeper into the location of the Lunar Colony and the dome. It's been stipulated that the dome size has been reduced from 25 miles in diameter to 2.5 miles. Using the lunar crater chart below, we determined an appropriate place to situate the dome.
This image is Lunar Chart: CLAVIUS LAC 126. It is located close to the south pole of the moon for purposes of providing optimal sunlight. [see picture below for close-up]
As you can see from the location chart, the location of the crater is in section 126 which is in the South-East direction of the South pole region of the moon.
Choosing an appropriately sized crater was left up to us as a group and after studying a few groups of craters [attempting to find a proper one as far south as possible], we decided upon Lunar Crater Lilius.
This image shows Lunar Crater "Lilius P" which is a satellite crater of the much larger Lilius. "Lilius P" is located at LATITUDE: 55.9 degrees S LONGITUDE 3.9 degrees E. "Lilius P" is 4km in diameter which is almost exactly 2.5 miles in diameter.
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