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
I used one of my aircrew buddies to help me out on this so i have to split the cigars if im right. This actually got pretty heated, plus we had been drinking....so here goes.
Oxygen
Water
Map
Food concentrate
FM Radio
50 ft rope
First aid kit
Parachute silk
Raft
Flares
Pistols
Case of milk
Heating unit
Compass
Matches
This was assuming a lot of stuff like everyone is ok, youre wearing spacesuits etc... We really started splitting hairs and coming up with some really Macguyver type stuff but this is what came out of it. If anyhting i think the raft is in the wrong place...we couldnt come up with a good spot for it so we put it in the middle.
Alright, guys, I promised to post the answers Friday night, but I was caught up with a few things and couldn't get to a computer until today. So sorry I was not able to get the answers up sooner. Without further ado, here are the answers:
1 Two 100lb oxygen tanks: Most pressing survival need
2 5 gals. Water: Replacement for tremendous liquid loss on light side of moon
3 Stellar Map: Primary means of navigation
4 Food Concentrate: Efficient means of energy
5 Solar-powered FM 2-way radio: For communication with mother ship, but FM requires line-of-sight transmission, short range
6 50ft Nylon rope: Useful in scaling cliffs, tying injured together, etc.
7 First-aid kit with injection needles: Needles fit special aperture in space suits
8 Parachute silk: Sun protection
9 Self-inflating life raft: Co2 bottle in raft may be used for propulsion
10 Signal Flares: Distress signal when mother ship is located
11 2 45Cal Pistols: Possible means of propulsion
12 One case of dehydrated milk: Bulkier duplication of food concentrate
13 Solar Powered heating unit: Not needed unless on dark side of the moon
14 Magnetic Compass: Magnetic field on moon not polarized: useless
15 Box of Matches: No oxygen on the moon: worthless
Alright, so If i can have all the participants calculate their score and update their post, I can figure out who took first place.
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.
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.
We were drinkin...and most of the time was going off on tangents with macguyver type stuff....like taking the pistols apart and making little rockets out of the barrels using the needles in the first aid kit as the fuel injectors, the oxygen as the oxidizer and the dehydrated milk as the propellant.....
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.
We were drinkin...and most of the time was going off on tangents with macguyver type stuff....like taking the pistols apart and making little rockets out of the barrels using the needles in the first aid kit as the fuel injectors, the oxygen as the oxidizer and the dehydrated milk as the propellant.....
Using dehydrated milk as a propellant???? WTF? That is some Macguyver type *** right there. The only time I've seen dehydrated milk used as any kind of propellant it was coming out of a baby's ass!
I thought of the propulsion angle with the pistols, but it seemed like one of those things that doesn't stand up to scrutiny. How far are you going to propel yourself with one clip of rounds? Is it worth the risk of propelling yourself into the cold vacuum of space? Of accidentally (or intentionally) shooting yourself if you get space dementia?
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.
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.
We were drinkin...and most of the time was going off on tangents with macguyver type stuff....like taking the pistols apart and making little rockets out of the barrels using the needles in the first aid kit as the fuel injectors, the oxygen as the oxidizer and the dehydrated milk as the propellant.....
I still say all you need is duct tape, fix your *** and then your ass back to the mother ship
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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Oxygen
Water
Map
Food concentrate
FM Radio
50 ft rope
First aid kit
Parachute silk
Raft
Flares
Pistols
Case of milk
Heating unit
Compass
Matches
This was assuming a lot of stuff like everyone is ok, youre wearing spacesuits etc... We really started splitting hairs and coming up with some really Macguyver type stuff but this is what came out of it. If anyhting i think the raft is in the wrong place...we couldnt come up with a good spot for it so we put it in the middle.
1 Two 100lb oxygen tanks: Most pressing survival need
2 5 gals. Water: Replacement for tremendous liquid loss on light side of moon
3 Stellar Map: Primary means of navigation
4 Food Concentrate: Efficient means of energy
5 Solar-powered FM 2-way radio: For communication with mother ship, but FM requires line-of-sight transmission, short range
6 50ft Nylon rope: Useful in scaling cliffs, tying injured together, etc.
7 First-aid kit with injection needles: Needles fit special aperture in space suits
8 Parachute silk: Sun protection
9 Self-inflating life raft: Co2 bottle in raft may be used for propulsion
10 Signal Flares: Distress signal when mother ship is located
11 2 45Cal Pistols: Possible means of propulsion
12 One case of dehydrated milk: Bulkier duplication of food concentrate
13 Solar Powered heating unit: Not needed unless on dark side of the moon
14 Magnetic Compass: Magnetic field on moon not polarized: useless
15 Box of Matches: No oxygen on the moon: worthless
Alright, so If i can have all the participants calculate their score and update their post, I can figure out who took first place.
I was sure this was a trick thing so I came up with some pretty weird logic.
We were drinkin...and most of the time was going off on tangents with macguyver type stuff....like taking the pistols apart and making little rockets out of the barrels using the needles in the first aid kit as the fuel injectors, the oxygen as the oxidizer and the dehydrated milk as the propellant.....
I dunno, it just doesn't seem that practicable.
I added up and came out with 40, then realize I used 5 gallons of water twice and left off the matches XP
Looks like jetmech is the winner!