2. 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
4. 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
5. LCROSS “Shooting the Moon” Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) “shot the Moon” on October 9th, 2009 Satellite sent to CabeusA crater in search of ice by the southern lunar pole Found ice, can be chemically reduced to oxygen
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. Pros of Colonizing Great space observation location Rest stop for astronauts, place to refill rocket fuel
11. 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
12. 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
13. Evolution to New Species Evolution is constantly occurring In space, humans would evolve into a completely new species or die out
14. 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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