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    This document describes 15 items from the crash-landed spaceship that must be ranked in order of importance for survival on a trip to rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away. The NASA rankings are provided along with their reasoning. Key items include oxygen tanks (ranked #1 for most pressing survival need), water (ranked #2 to replace tremendous liquid loss), and a solar-powered radio (ranked #5 for communication but short-range).

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    This document describes 15 items from the crash-landed spaceship that must be ranked in order of importance for survival on a trip to rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away. The NASA rankings are provided along with their reasoning. Key items include oxygen tanks (ranked #1 for most pressing survival need), water (ranked #2 to replace tremendous liquid loss), and a solar-powered radio (ranked #5 for communication but short-range).

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    This document describes 15 items from the crash-landed spaceship that must be ranked in order of importance for survival on a trip to rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away. The NASA rankings are provided along with their reasoning. Key items include oxygen tanks (ranked #1 for most pressing survival need), water (ranked #2 to replace tremendous liquid loss), and a solar-powered radio (ranked #5 for communication but short-range).

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    Lost On The Moon

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    This document describes 15 items from the crash-landed spaceship that must be ranked in order of importance for survival on a trip to rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away. The NASA rankings are provided along with their reasoning. Key items include oxygen tanks (ranked #1 for most pressing survival need), water (ranked #2 to replace tremendous liquid loss), and a solar-powered radio (ranked #5 for communication but short-range).

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    LOST ON THE MOON

    Your spaceship has just crash-landed on the moon. You were schedule to
    rendezvous with a mother ship 200 miles away on the lighted surface of the moon but
    the rough landing has ruined your ship and destroyed all the equipment on board except
    for the 15 items listed below. Your crew’s survival depends on reaching the mother ship
    so you must choose the most critical items available for the trip. Your task is to rank the
    15 items in terms of their importance for survival. Place the number 1 by the most
    important, number 2 by the second most important, and so on.

    Box of matches

    Food concentrate

    Fifty feet of nylon rope

    Parachute silk

    Solar-powered portable heating unit

    Two 45-caliber pistols

    One case of dehydrated milk

    Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen

    Stellar map (of the moon’s constellations)

    Self-inflating life raft

    Magnetic compass

    Five gallons of water

    Signal flares

    First-aid kit containing injection needles

    Solar-powered FM receiver-transmitter
    Item, NASA Reasoning, NASA Rank

    NASA YOUR ERROR


    ITEM NASA REASONING RANK RANK POINTS

    Box of Matches No oxygen on the moon: worthless 15

    Food Concentrate Efficient means of energy 4

    Useful in scaling cliffs, tying injured together,


    50ft Nylon rope etc. 6

    Parachute silk Sun protection 8

    Solar Powered heating Not needed unless on dark side of the moon
    unit 13

    2 45Cal Pistols Possible means of propulsion 11

    One case of
    dehydrated milk Bulkier duplication of food concentrate 12

    Two 100lb oxygen


    tanks Most pressing survival need 1

    Stellar Map Primary means of navigation 3

    Self-inflating life raft Co2 bottle in raft may be used for propulsion 9

    Magnetic Compass Magnetic field on moon not polarized: useless 14

    Replacement for tremendous liquid loss on light


    5 gals. Water side of moon 2

    Signal Flares Distress signal when mother ship is located 10

    First-aid kit with


    injection needles Needles fit special aperture in space suits 7

    Solar-powered FM 2- For communication with mother ship, but FM


    way radio requires line-of-sight transmission, short range 5

    TOTAL ERROR POINTS: __________

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