I dunno if this list has been done already, I've been skimmin through other people's posts and I see a bit of a pattern, so here goes nothin!
2 100 lb tanks of oxygen (breathing is important)
5 gallons water (water is important)
food concentration (food is important)
first aid kit (health is important)
stellar map (you can navigate via the stars)
50 ft. nylon rope (use it to haul gear and/or use it as climbing aid)
FM walkie talkie (communication)
parachute silk (use as sleeping bag in place of bulky heating unit, silk is lightweight)
2 .45 caliber pistols (in case of aliens :P)
self-inflating life raft (can use as shelter)
signal flares (signaling for alien assistance)
dehydrated milk (not really necessary if you have food concentration)
magnetic compass (no magnetism on moon)
heating unit (if all else fails you can stay warm if you're not already)
box of matches (no oxygen)
I used to be really into survival when I was younger and I think this is a decent list... only time will tell though! I think we should all buy the stuff on our lists and take a shuttle up to the moon and see how it goes lol
Actually i didnt, the only one i didnt feel good about was the raft. Me and a friend stayed on the phone for about an hour hashing it out. Our reasonings are similar with the exception of the raft and the first aid kit. Cool. If it looks too suspicious(no way of proving or disproving really) i can exempt myself and the prize can go to the next person in line, thought this was fun.
Actually i didnt, the only one i didnt feel good about was the raft. Me and a friend stayed on the phone for about an hour hashing it out. Our reasonings are similar with the exception of the raft and the first aid kit. Cool. If it looks too suspicious(no way of proving or disproving really) i can exempt myself and the prize can go to the next person in line, thought this was fun.
An hour? Wow, I am impressed at how seriously you guys took it.
Seeing as how the recoil from an automatic .45 is much more of an upward thrust than rear-ward, coupled with how little power it actually sends in that direction, I doubt firing a gun would move you much even in the lacking gravity of moon land.
For each item, take the absolute difference between your ranking and NASA's ranking (e.g. if you had ranked oxygen #4 while NASA had it at #1, 3 would be the score for that item). Then, you sum up all the differences for your final score. The lower the score, the better you did.
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