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MAN ON THE MOON BY: MARISSA LANGEVIN
Colonizing the Moon
Cons greatly outweigh the pros $10-20 billion each year Being strapped to bed could hurt Hard to hold food, brush teeth, and other everyday
tasks
Colonizing the Moon (cont.)
Earth’s over-population Ozone layer depletion
Apollo Missions
Nine Apollo missions Seven missions were successful The first two missions had to go back to Earth
before landing First mission made 10 orbits around the Moon Second mission came within 50,000 feet of
landing
LCROSS “Shooting the Moon”
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) “shot the Moon” on October 9th, 2009
Satellite sent to Cabeus A crater in search of ice by the southern lunar pole
Found ice, can be chemically reduced to oxygen
Marius Crater
Only area on the Moon with oxygen Enough oxygen to sustain a colony 213 wide by 269 feet deep Could help us find other craters with
oxygen
Spacesuits
Regulate temperature and oxygen Slow muscle atrophy and bone
decalcification Takes 500 man-hours (2 ½ years) for one
person to make one spacesuit Spacesuits are 3/16” thick Made of 11 materials
Spacesuits (cont.)
Apollo spacesuits: 180 pounds (30 lbs on Moon) Current spacesuits: 310 pounds (103.5 lbs on
Moon) White because they reflect the sun’s light and
heat
When We Might Colonize
Within the next 40-70 years No definite plans where on the Moon to
colonize $10-20 billion per year to sustain colony
Pros of Colonizing
Great space observation location Rest stop for astronauts, place to refill
rocket fuel
Cons of Colonizing
Many health risks Lunar soil is extremely abrasive and toxic,
causes serious lung conditions Hospitals would have difficulty functioning on
the Moon Risk of falling off the Moon into the never-ending
depths of space
Health Risks
Spines and digestive systems would grow to abnormal lengths
Children would die before having offspring Very poor blood circulation Muscle atrophy Bone decalcification
Evolution to New Species
Evolution is constantly occurring In space, humans would evolve into a
completely new species or die out
Thank You for Watching
To me, colonizing the Moon is an expensive and risky task that may cause more harm than good to the human race in the long-run.
I hope you enjoyed my presentation
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