Lost on the Moon Scoring: NASA’s Answers Scoring: For each item, find the difference between your ranking number. Add and NASA’s ranking these differences. The smaller your difference, the closer you are to the experts. Also do this for the team rankings. Compare accuracy of the individual predictions and group prediction. Item NASA Rationale Box of Matches 15 No oxygen to sustain flame, virtually worthless Food Concentrate 4 Efficient means of supplying energy requirements 50 Feet of nylon rope 6 Useful in scaling cliffs, tying injured together Parachute silk 8 Protection from sun’s rays Portable heating unit 13 Not needed unless on dark side. Two .45 caliber pistols 11 Possible means of self-propulsion One case dehydrated milk 12 Bulkier duplication of food concentrate Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen 1 Most pressing survival need Primary means of navigation for locating position Stellar Map (Moon’s constellations) 3 and figuring out how to get to the rendezvous Life raft The life raft is a carry all for supplies, (the moon’s gravity permits heavy loads to be carried), as a 9 shelter, and a possible stretcher for the injured. It also offers protection from micrometeorite showers. Magnetic compass Magnetic field on moon is not polarized; worthless 14 for navigation. 5 gallons of water Replacement for tremendous liquid loss on lighted 2 side Signal Flares Flares cannot burn in a vacuum, but they, and the pistol, can be shot. Flares and guns would 10 therefore be excellent propulsive devised for flying over obstructions. First-aid kit containing injection Needles for vitamins, medicines, etc., will fit 7 needles special aperture in NASA space suits Solar-powered FM For keeping in touch with earth. In a vacuum, without the ionosphere, radio transmission travels only a line of sight and would be limited on the 5 moon to destination of approximately ten miles, thereby not as useful in communicating with the Mothership
Lost on the Moon Scoring: NASA’s Answers Scoring: For each item, find the difference between your ranking and NASA’s ranking number. Add these differences. The smaller your difference, the closer you are to the experts. Also do this for the team rankings. Compare accuracy of the individual predictions and group prediction. Item NASA Rationale Box of Matches 15 No oxygen to sustain flame, virtually worthless Food Concentrate 4 Efficient means of supplying energy requirements 50 Feet of nylon rope 6 Useful in scaling cliffs, tying injured together Parachute silk 8 Protection from sun’s rays Portable heating unit 13 Not needed unless on dark side. Two .45 caliber pistols 11 Possible means of self-propulsion One case dehydrated milk 12 Bulkier duplication of food concentrate Two 100-pound tanks of oxygen 1 Most pressing survival need Stellar Map (Moon’s constellations) 3 Primary means of navigation for locating position and figuring out how to get to the rendezvous Life raft 9 The life raft is a carry all for supplies, (the moon’s gravity permits heavy loads to be carried), as a shelter, and a possible stretcher for the injured. It also offers protection from micrometeorite showers. Magnetic compass 14 Magnetic field on moon is not polarized; worthless for navigation. 5 gallons of water 2 Replacement for tremendous liquid loss on lighted side Signal Flares 10 Flares cannot burn in a vacuum, but they, and the pistol, can be shot. Flares and guns would therefore be excellent propulsive devised for flying over obstructions. First-aid kit containing injection needles 7 Needles for vitamins, medicines, etc., will fit special aperture in NASA space suits Solar-powered FM 5 For keeping in touch with earth. In a vacuum, without the ionosphere, radio transmission travels only a line of sight and would be limited on the moon to destination of approximately ten miles, thereby not as useful in communicating with the Mothership