Adhering to NASA’s first Artemis mission, which endeavors to send the first woman and the first person of color to the moon, Sandia National Laboratories has come up with state-of-the-art technology to develop electrical microgrids, thus supporting the existence of astronauts on the moon. This mission is expected to last for at least two months, having 14 days of the lunar night, so it is necessary to make arrangements to ensure the smooth flow of activities there. These electrical power grids will handle the power distribution on the Moon. All of the efforts of NASA behind this project contribute to the only mission, i.e., to sustain the existence of human life on the Moon, thereby ensuring the efficient flow of power transmission.
However, the immediate idea that comes to our mind as space enthusiasts is to deploy solar panels for this purpose, but according to scientists, solar panels alone are not sufficient as the Moon’s base happens to be far away from Earth, hence there is a need for an entirely different strategy this time. To achieve the end goal, nuclear reactors are thought to collaborate well in this project. What happens is that the nuclear reactors would be constructed in series for the deployment, with or without the solar panels. The decision will be made during the deployment once the development phase is completed.
桑迪（Sandi）的电气工程师之一杰克·弗里克（Jack Flicker）表示：“诸如ISS型微网格之类的东西之间存在一些非常重要的差异，并且具有月底的程度。”这些差异之一是地理规模，这可能是有问题的，尤其是在低直流电压下运行时。另一个是，当您开始扩展这些系统时，将会有更多的电力电子设备以及更多的分布式能源资源。桑迪亚（Sandia）长期以来一直在研究拥有大量分布式能源资源的微网络。”
再加上这一点，需要有效且平稳的供应来传输功率，而不仅仅是在月球上设置系统。时不时需要进行适当的连续监控。符合这些条件，将在基地设置由两个设施组成的设置。第一个由栖息地组成，另一个将是燃料加工和采矿单元。网格将在这两个设施中彼此组合。如果您注意到，建议的系统看起来类似于用来为ISS供电的系统（国际空间站），但是在月球上盛行的条件下，将进行一些调整以扩展该过程。
现在，工程师必须做出坚定的决定，是否将DC（直流电）或交流电（交替电流）传输到其中一个设施。传输只有在电流转换后才发生，然后在到达栖息地后将其转换为直流电流 - 火星上建立的控制系统的设施之一。
