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Survival on the Moon Mission

The year is 2025 and you are part of a small team traveling to the Moon. As your spacecraft enters lunar orbit, you spot the lunar outpost. This outpost has grown, having been built piece by piece during past missions. You are excited to see the outpost. It is located on a crater rim near the lunar south pole, in near-constant sunlight. This location is not far from supplies of water ice that can be found in the cold, permanently shadowed part of the carter. Suddenly, you notice that there is a problem with the thrusters. You land safely, but off course, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the lunar outpost. As you look across the charcoal-gray, dusty surface of the Moon, you realize your survival depends on reaching the outpost, finding a way to protect yourself until someone can reach you, or meeting a rescue party somewhere between your landing site and the outpost.

Environment: Mission Goals:
 * You know the Moon has no atmosphere or magnetosphere to protect you from space radition
 * The environment is unlike any found on Earth
 * The regolith, or lunar soil, is a mixture of materials that includes sharp, glassy particles.
 * The gravity on the Moon is only 1/6 as strong as the Earth’s.
 * More than 80% of the moon is made up of heavily cratered highlands.
 * Temperatures vary widely on the Moon, from -193˚C (-315˚F) at night to 111˚C (232˚F) during the ay
 * Survival will depend on your mode of transportation and abilty to navigate.
 * Your basic needs for food, shelter, water and air must be considered.
 * Your team has only the 15 items listed below. Which will be the most important to you?

Procedure:


 * 1)  Rank the items below from 1 (most important) to 15 (least important). Record your answer in an email to 1t Lt Woodbridge (bridge2nowhere@yahoo.com)
 * 2) You will receive the ratings from NASA engineers in return
 * 3) Subtract your number from the NASA number (make any negative numbers positive). Add up your error points.


 * Book of Matches ||
 * Food Concentrate ||
 * 50’ Nylon Rope ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Parachute Silk ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Space Blanket ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Signal mirror ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Lights with Rechargable Batteries ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Map of Lunar Surface ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Oxygen Tanks (2) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Self-Inflating Life Raft ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Magnetic Compass ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Purified water (5 gals.) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Spacesuit Repair Kit ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">First Aid Kit ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Solar Powered 2-way Radio ||