CSP presentation PPT final

Man on the Moon By: Marissa Langevin

Colonizing the Moon
Cons greatly outweigh the pros
Humans won’t inhabit the Moon, it will be a whole new species
$10-20 billion each year to sustain
Being strapped to bed could hurt
Hard to hold food, brush teeth, and other everyday tasks

Moon vs. Mars
Has been discussed among astronauts for over 50 years
Decided that we will colonize the Moon before Mars
The Moon is 238,857 miles away, Mars is between 36 million to 250 million miles away
Could get to Moon in 3 weeks going at 500 MPH on a jetliner; 6 months to go to Mars

Apollo Missions
Nine Apollo missions have been sent into space
Seven missions had men land on the Moon
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
Sent a satellite into the Cabeus A crater in search of ice by the southern lunar pole
Found the ice, which can be chemically reduced to oxygen

Marius Crater
Only known area on the Moon with oxygen
Enough oxygen to sustain a colony
213 wide by 269 feet deep
Could lead to breakthrough and help us find other craters with oxygen

Spacesuits
Help to regulate temperature and oxygen
Will help to slow muscle atrophy and bone decalcification
Takes 500 man-hours (2 ½ years) for one person to make one spacesuit
All spacesuits are 3/16” thick, and made of 11 materials

Spacesuits (cont.)
Apollo spacesuits weighed 180 pounds (30 lbs on Moon)
Current spacesuits weigh 310 pounds (103.3 lbs on Moon)
Spacesuits are 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
Would cost $10-20 billion per year to sustain the colony

Pros of Colonizing
Great space observation location
Rest stop for astronauts, place to refill rocket fuel
Telephone‘s could be used on the Moon, with only a 3 second delay

Cons of Colonizing
Many health risks
Lunar soil is extremely abrasive and toxic, and causes serious lung conditions
Hospitals would have difficulty functioning on the Moon
There is a risk of getting hit by a meteorite
Risk of jumping too high, or falling off the Moon into the never-ending depthsof space

Health Risks
Still developing children and young adults’ 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

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

Work Bibliography
Burrows, William E. Exploring Space- Voyages in the Solar System and Beyond.
Compton, William David. Where no Man has Gone Before.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/09/14/ lcross-impact-site-picked/.
http://history.nasa.gov/spacesuits.pdf.
http://hypography.com/forums/science-news/ 2063-why-colonize-moon-before-going-mars.html.
http://jameswharris.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/is-colonizing-the-moon-possible/
http://moonphases.info/
http://newsflavor.com/alternative/moon-colonization/.
http://www.freeluna.com/homemoon.htm
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=15110.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/space-suit.htm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33918160/ns/technology_and_science-space/.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/368984main_Every_ones_going_to_the_Moon.pdf
http://www.philforhumanity.com/Colony_on_the_Moon.html.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1120755,00.html.
Oberg, James E. The New Race for Space.
Personal interview, Noreen Grice, Museum of Science, Boston
Personal interview, Charles Lindgren
Shelton, William Roy. Winning the Moon.

Picture Bibliography
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/space-suit-mmua.jpg
http://justwilliam1959.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/apollo-11-patch.jpg
http://www.gschweng.de/Evolution01.jpg
http://prescription4fitnessa.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/pilates/scoliosis.jpg
http://moderateinthemiddle.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/toxic-waste.jpg
http://www.miamisci.org/www/img/weintraub-lg.jpg
http://www.staff.city.ac.uk/~ra826/group5/mg/manhus370.jpg
http://www.damianpeach.com/barbados06/lunar/marius_2006_11_04.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/70/20080504225936!AstronautsEatingBurgers.jpg
http://www.futurecamping.com/images/astronaut-eating-fruitsa.jpg
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/sleep-in-space-1.jpg
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/images/mars.jpg
http://mashedmusings.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/moon11-19-02b.jpg
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/imgcat/midres/a11_h_40_5903.gif

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