Make
decisions on factors that will determine environment around your colony. In
particular, consider: Make
decisions on factors that will determine environment around your colony. In
particular, consider:
• What will the sun look like from your colony?
_____________________________________________________________If you have to, how will you handle radiation from the sun?
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• How much gravity exists now on your colony's site?
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How will you deal with this gravity, or the lack of it? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Should you create artificial gravity? If so, how? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. How much will you weigh? __________________________________________
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5. Will the gravity be enough to grow plants, or even hold water in a pool?
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6. What is the exterior (outside of your colony) atmosphere and weather like in the place you will put your colony?
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What protection from these elements do you need?
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7. If your colony in orbit, will it run into anything in the environment? What?
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8. Is there a solid surface you can use to build your colony on? _________
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If so, then what is the surface made of? Describe the surface. Be specific!
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9. If you place your colony on or near a surface, is your planet or moon stable?
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Are there quakes, geysers or volcanoes? How active are they?
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10. If you place it in orbit, is there a ring or asteroids nearby?
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Could these be a danger? How? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
11. What are comets?
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Where do they come from and what is the chance that comets could endanger your colony? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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12. What else in the environment near your colony (such as radiation) can hurt your colonists?
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How can you shield them from these dangers?
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13. Can people from your colony obtain any raw materials from your location for the things you need? If so, describe this process.
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