Alpha Moonbase Technical Notebook by David Hirsch

On one side of the room is a terminal for Moonbase Alpha's main computer operated by David Kano. These desks are manned by command personnel such as controller Paul Morrow, Tanya Alexander and Sandra Benes. Facing the viewscreen is a series of desks arranged in a horseshoe shape. The main focus of the room is the large viewscreen. It is situated at the hub of the moonbase on a prominent tower structure some levels above the lunar surface. Main Mission is the command and control area for Moonbase Alpha during the 1st season and was the original control area. Only two commanders are ever named in the series: Anton Gorski, who served as commander during the Ultra Probe mission in 1996, and as the commander being replaced by John Koenig who assumed command of Alpha on September 9, 1999. In the episode 'War Games', it is stated that Koenig is the ninth commander of Moonbase Alpha. Power is generated through nuclear reactors and the accumulation of solar energy. 'Moonbase Alpha' is totally self-sustaining. Construction began on February 3, 1983, but was briefly halted during the 1987 thermonuclear war.

Originally, the base was designed to serve as both a deep space exploration station and a monitoring station for the nuclear waste areas on the Moon's far side.

Located in the Moon crater Plato and constructed out of quarried rock and ores, 'Moonbase Alpha' is 4 kilometers in diameter and extends up to 1 kilometer in areas below the lunar surface. Moonbase Alpha is a fictional moon base and the main setting in the science fiction television series ''. Commanders=Commander Anton Gorski ? - 1999

Alpha Moonbase Technical Notebook by David Hirsch