The Big Moon Dig
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Step 3 -- Finding Lunar Ores
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The Big Moon Dig - Return with us now to the Moon as we are preparing the ground for a real lunar settlement through study, simulations, team building, and exploration.
The Task
If we are ever to settle the Moon, we must use the materials that are there to our upmost ability. When minerals are concentrated to the point that they are of value to us, we call them ores.
Are you ready to go looking for ores on the Moon?-- Spoiler Alert: The supporting notes provide most of the known answers.
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* Name:-- Note: This can be a Web nickname. What do you want to appear on the BMD Leader Board?
-- Note: Reentering a name will reset the scoring.The Questions
How may of these questions on choosing a site for a lunar settlement can you get right?
What are the key characteristics of an ore?
* Score on this question:What forces form ores on Earth?
* Score on this question:What natural forces can form ores on the Moon?
* Score on this question:What minerals might be consider ores on the Moon but not on Earth?
* Score on this question:What minerals, even if not ores, might have special uses on the Moon?
* Score on this question:How might we concentrate ores on the Moon?
* Score on this question:What instruments could a small rover carry to study minerals?
* Score on this question:What instruments could a large rover carry (that a small one could not) to study minerals?
* Score on this question:About how long would it take for a rover to first see a problem and then a new command reach it from Earth?
* Score on this question:How do you move your rover down the mountain to find ore?
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Scoring
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* Your quiz score: ____Summing Up
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* Your answers:Archiving
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* Your answers have been prepared for archiving: NO-- Note: Archiving your results can put you on the BMD Leader Board.
-- Note: Archiving resets this form.For more Information Contact Us
If you would like to know more about our project and your lunar settlement design including:
- Notes for this calculator in pdf which should help you understand how we got our answers.
- Short stories set in a lunar settlement.
For farther information please contact us.
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