Works
Each work shows one possible future in detail: what gets built, who does the work, what it costs in time and money, and what it changes for the mission. Several are also made for IGLOO immersive rooms, where the picture fills every wall. Most were made in October 2026.
One possible lunar program from 2036 to 2046, from a south pole base and its reactor to science camps, far side relays, and a Space Academy, made as films, six-wall immersive room versions, and still images.
No. 01 · Film · 6:17
A six-minute film that starts with Apollo 11 and Artemis II, shows a Moon base at the lunar south pole built in three phases, and sets out the choices NASA would face.
No. 02 · Film · 3:00
A three-minute version of Across the Moon made for NASA: the south pole base in 2036, its reactor, the science camps, the relay satellites, and the Space Academy.
No. 03 · Film · 16:19
The full Across the Moon film: ten years of a possible lunar program, from the first south pole base to science camps, relay satellites, watch stations, and the Space Academy.
No. 04 · Image series
Seventeen still images of the Moon base, lit to match the low Sun at the lunar south pole, from the reactor delivery to crews at work.
No. 05 · Immersive room comparison · 3:22
A six-wall IGLOO comparison of the two crewed lunar landers NASA has selected, using published facts only. Values that have not been published are marked as open.
No. 06 · Immersive room film · 4:07
A narrated film for a six-wall IGLOO room that shows a south pole Moon base from its first landing, to an outpost, to a full base.
Twelve scenarios, each following one JPL team member with one problem, with before-and-after measurements of what changes when support arrives on time. Six are finished films; six are in production.
No. 07 · Film · 2:17
A JPL technician stops two mismatched spacecraft connectors before they are joined. Her check is written down, and four colleagues learn it in two weeks.
No. 08 · Film · 2:21
A rover cannot reach the first site chosen for a water measurement at the lunar south pole. Analysis of the rover's position finds a second site it can reach.
No. 09 · Film · 2:25
A test in a water tank shows that an under-ice robot's stored readings reach the surface 3 times in 10 while it moves and 10 times in 10 when it stops.
No. 10 · Film · 2:30
One of three small rovers surveying the Moon stops working. Operators decide in 22 minutes how the other two can finish a smaller survey that is still useful.
No. 11 · Film · 2:29
Engineers trace a Mars dust-storm image that was delayed between the antenna and the science team, so the scientist receives it before her planning deadline.
No. 12 · Film · 2:32
A ground test checks whether a Mars rover can pick the rock boundary a geologist needs by itself, instead of waiting for the next instructions from Earth.
No. 13 · Image series
Still images for the six JPL scenarios whose films are in production: wind in smoke season, ocean records, a solar eruption, cold-atom physics, a returned sample, and a planet search.
Forty-six scenarios set at the Moon, drawn as study frames and short clips to decide which should be made into full films.
No. 14 · Scenario atlas
The Meridian atlas: 46 scenarios of operations, business, and security at the Moon from 2036 to 2046, each drawn as study frames and a 15-second clip.
