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    The document describes a scenario where a space crew had to make an emergency landing on the moon 200 miles from their rendezvous point with the mother ship. They need to rank 15 salvaged items in order of importance for survival to make the journey. It provides the list of items and instructions for individuals and groups to rank the items and compare their rankings to the expert rankings from NASA scientists and engineers. The rankings are scored based on differences from the NASA rankings to determine survival skills.

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    The document describes a scenario where a space crew had to make an emergency landing on the moon 200 miles from their rendezvous point with the mother ship. They need to rank 15 salvaged items in order of importance for survival to make the journey. It provides the list of items and instructions for individuals and groups to rank the items and compare their rankings to the expert rankings from NASA scientists and engineers. The rankings are scored based on differences from the NASA rankings to determine survival skills.

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    (Name of Organisation)

    Moon Landing
    (Name of Organisation)

    Moon Landing 1

    Moon Landing
    You are a member of a space crew scheduled to rendezvous
    with a mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon.
    However, due to mechanical difficulties, your own ship was
    forced to land at a spot 200 miles from the rendezvous point.

    During re-entry and landing, much of the equipment aboard was


    damaged and, since survival depends on reaching the mother
    ship, the most critical items available must be chosen for the
    200-mile trip.

    15 items are listed as being intact and undamaged after landing.


    Your task is to rank them in terms of their importance for your
    crew, to allow them to reach the rendezvous point. Place the
    number 1 by the most important item, the number 2 by the
    second most important, and so on through to number 15 for the
    least important.

    Instructions
    1. Provide a ‘moon landing ranking chart’ for every member of
    your group.

    2. Ask each young person to take 10 minutes to decide


    their own rankings, and record the choices in the left-
    hand column (my ranking).

    3. Invite everyone to get into groups of 3-4. Discuss their


    individual choices and refine their rankings based on the
    collective thoughts of the team. Record the group
    rankings in the second column (team rankings).

    4. The correct answers were compiled by a team of


    scientists and engineers at NASA. Display the NASA
    ‘expert’ rankings on a PowerPoint presentation,
    whiteboard or photocopy. Compare your individual and
    group answers with the correct answers and determine
    a score.
    (Name of Organisation)

    5. For each item, mark the number of points that your


    score differs from the NASA ranking and then add up
    all the points. Disregard plus or minus differences.
    The lower the total, the better your score.

    6. As the young people work together in a team, sharing


    thoughts and ideas, this should produce an improved
    score over the individual results. But will this be
    enough to survive?
    Moon Landing Ranking Chart

    My Team
    Salvaged items
    ranking ranking
    Box of matches

    Food concentrate

    50 feet of nylon rope

    Parachute silk

    Two .45 caliber pistols

    One case of dehydrated milk

    Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen

    Stellar map

    Self-inflating life raft

    Magnetic compass

    Five gallons of water

    Signal flares

    First aid kit containing injection needles

    Solar powered FM receiver

    Portable heating unit

    Score Score
    NASA Expert Analysis

    NASA
    Item NASA's Reasoning
    Ranking
    Virtually worthless -- there's no oxygen on the
    Box of matches 15 moon to sustain combustion.

    Efficient means of supplying energy


    Food concentrate 4 requirements.

    Useful in scaling cliffs and tying injured


    50 feet of nylon rope 6 together.

    Parachute silk 8 Protection from the sun's rays.

    Portable heating unit 13 Not needed unless on the dark side.

    Two .45 caliber


    pistols
    11 Possible means of self-propulsion.

    One case of
    dehydrated milk
    12 Bulkier duplication of food concentrate.

    Most pressing survival need (weight is not a


    Two 100 lb. tanks of factor since gravity is one-sixth of the Earth's --
    oxygen
    1 each tank would weigh only about 17 lbs. on
    the moon.)

    Primary means of navigation - star patterns


    Stellar map 3 appear essentially identical on the moon as on
    Earth.

    CO2 bottle in military raft may be used for


    Self-inflating life raft 9 propulsion.
    Moon Landing 4

    The magnetic field on the moon is not polarized,


    Magnetic compass 14
    so it's worthless for navigation.

    Needed for replacement of tremendous liquid


    5 gallons of water 2 loss on the light side.

    Use as distress signal when the mother ship is


    Signal flares 10 sighted.

    Needles connected to vials of vitamins,


    First aid kit, including
    injection needle
    7 medicines, etc. will fit special aperture in NASA
    space suit.

    For communication with mother ship (but FM


    Solar-powered FM
    receiver-transmitter
    5 requires line-of-sight transmission and can only
    be used over short ranges.)

    Moon Landing 5
    Scores
    00-25 Excellent. You and your crew demonstrate great survival skills!

    26-32 Good. Above average results. Yes, you made it!

    33-45 Average. It was a struggle, but you made it in the end!

    46-55 Fair. At least you’re still alive, but only just!

    56-70 Poor. Sadly not everyone made it back to the mother ship!

    Oh dear, your bodies lie lifeless on the surface of the


    71 + Very poor moon!

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