<p> Surviving a Crash Landing on the Moon</p><p>You are a member of a space crew scheduled to rendezvous with a mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon. However, your ship crash-lands on a lighted spot some 320 km. from the rendezvous point. Much of the equipment was damaged during landing. Survival depends on reaching the mother ship. </p><p>Compare and contrast the environments of the earth and our moon.</p><p>D - 22 Surviving a Crash Landing on the Moon</p><p>Item Your Reasoning Team NASA Your Team Rankin Rankin Rankin Error Error g g g Point Points s Box of matches</p><p>Food concentrate</p><p>50 meters of nylon rope</p><p>Parachute silk</p><p>Solar-powered portable heating unit Two .45-caliber pistols</p><p>One case of dehydrated milk</p><p>Two 50 kg-tanks of oxygen</p><p>Stellar map of Moon’s constellations Self-inflating life raft</p><p>Magnetic compass</p><p>Fifty liters of water</p><p>Signal flares</p><p>First-aid kit including injection needles</p><p>Solar powered, FM D - 23 Surviving a Crash Landing on the Moon receiver/transmitter</p><p>List the six most important items to keep. Justify your list. </p><p>List the six least important items to keep. Justify your list. </p><p>Discussion Questions:</p><p>Who was more likely to survive, individuals working alone or groups?</p><p>Did groups or individuals rank the items more accurately? Why?</p><p>In what types of situations are groups better than individuals at problem solving?</p><p>D - 24</p>