The document discusses proposals for colonizing the Moon. It notes that colonizing the Moon would cost $10-20 billion per year and pose many health risks to humans due to factors like low gravity, toxic lunar soil, and increased radiation exposure. While the Moon could be used as an observation point or fueling station, humans living there full-time would likely evolve into a new species. The document outlines past Apollo missions that landed astronauts on the Moon and a recent LCROSS mission that found ice on the Moon, before concluding that colonizing may cause harm and is an expensive endeavor.

1. Man on the Moon By: Marissa Langevin

2. Colonizing the Moon Cons greatly outweigh the pros Humans won’t inhabit the Moon, it will be a whole new species $10-20 billion each year to sustain Being strapped to bed could hurt Hard to hold food, brush teeth, and other everyday tasks

3. Moon vs. Mars Has been discussed among astronauts for over 50 years Decided that we will colonize the Moon before Mars The Moon is 238,857 miles away, Mars is between 36 million to 250 million miles away Could get to Moon in 3 weeks going at 500 MPH on a jetliner; 6 months to go to Mars

4. Apollo Missions Nine Apollo missions have been sent into space Seven missions had men land on the Moon 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 Sent a satellite into the Cabeus A crater in search of ice by the southern lunar pole Found the ice, which can be chemically reduced to oxygen

6. Marius Crater Only known area on the Moon with oxygen Enough oxygen to sustain a colony 213 wide by 269 feet deep Could lead to breakthrough and help us find other craters with oxygen

7. Spacesuits Help to regulate temperature and oxygen Will help to slow muscle atrophy and bone decalcification Takes 500 man-hours (2 ½ years) for one person to make one spacesuit All spacesuits are 3/16” thick, and made of 11 materials

8. Spacesuits (cont.) Apollo spacesuits weighed 180 pounds (30 lbs on Moon) Current spacesuits weigh 310 pounds (103.3 lbs on Moon) Spacesuits are 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 Would cost $10-20 billion per year to sustain the colony

10. Pros of Colonizing Great space observation location Rest stop for astronauts, place to refill rocket fuel Telephone‘s could be used on the Moon, with only a 3 second delay

11. Cons of Colonizing Many health risks Lunar soil is extremely abrasive and toxic, and causes serious lung conditions Hospitals would have difficulty functioning on the Moon There is a risk of getting hit by a meteorite Risk of jumping too high, or falling off the Moon into the never-ending depthsof space

12. Health Risks Still developing children and young adults’ 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

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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