How a “Little Red House” Ends Up on the Moon ?

© Mikael Genberg

On January 15, a major mission took off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Under the fairing of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, two private landers. The first, built by the Japanese start-up ispace, named Resilience, is due to reach the Moon in the spring. The second, Blue Ghost, is American-made. The young company Firefly Aerospace is behind this project.

At the heart of the first of the two projects is a small house, as big as a child's toy, called Moonhouse. This artistic creation is the work of Mikael Genberg. This Swede has reproduced his house identically, and it will therefore take its place for eternity on the Moon.

On his website, the creator of this project defends his idea. Faced with critics, judging his idea “useless” he simply responds “it's art”, without further argument. We will let everyone form their own opinion on this mission, which is 100% privately funded.

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In another statement, found on its website, we learn that this little house is in reality a way of questioning & #8220;our perception that is possible and meaningful in the cosmos”. This project is meant to remind us of our roots “while symbolizing our dreams and ambitions to explore and expand beyond our known borders.”

Anything but a first

While Genberg's project is not insignificant, this is not the Swedish artist's first attempt. These small red houses typical of northern Europe are even his trademark. He has already scattered them all over the Earth. Several examples can be found at the bottom of the oceans, on the Great Wall, and even in the International Space Station (ISS).

In a joint press release with the company ispace, the artist explains that his small red house is secured aboard the Tenacious explorer. The latter must leave the probe, once it lands on the Moon, to explore the surrounding area. That's when he'll free the little red house.

This house should therefore be the first human construction in history on the Moon. It will be photographed by Tenacious for a few hours before remaining there, for thousands and thousands of years. In the absence of an atmosphere on the Moon, the house should not deteriorate and only a meteorite fall could destroy it.

To carry out this artistic project on the Moon, Genberg collected between 600,000 and 800,000 dollars according to information from the Associated Press news agency.

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