UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

Background information At some time in the future, there will be

cities in space due to problems humanity faces.

The first of these cities will probably be lunar based or Mars based.

There has been an attempt to create such an environment with BIOSPHERE2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgkVBJM9ch0

UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

Students start thinking of the potential creation of a city in space.

Designers of such a city will have to work within the parameters of the unique conditions of the base environment.

Designers will have to consider the conditions and services that will be necessary for people living in the city.

UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

Divide the class in the following teams1. The researchers2. The inhabitants3. The designers Teams should cooperate in order to create the best possible

space city. Questions should be asked and answered(in written form)+

drawings or computer-aid designs presented in class

Use of the internet +Wikipedia sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_the_Moonhttp://

news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061204-moon-base.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonization_of_Mars

UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

What building materials will be available? Which jobs will be required; what skills will people need? What kind of recreational facilities should

be available for the inhabitants? How will power, food, water, oxygen—the

necessities—be provided? What conditions and services will people

need?

UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

Once the base is “created” students can also prepare written reports on the following:

• Life at the Base ("A Day in the Life of a . . . Student, Scientist, Teacher, Doctor…)

• Tourist Brochure (best restaurants; sports activities; museums; historic sites, such as Apollo and other landing sites on the moon, Viking and Pathfinder on Mars)

• The …….News (newspaper that communicates the current events on the base)

UNDERSTANDING SPACE TRAVEL

Skype connection with space expert Dr Alexander Martynov

Professor Alexander Martynov, worked at the Russian Space Control Center from, 1968-1992, as head of the Ballistic Department! Dr. Martynov has authored 120 scientific articles and 6books dedicated to the motion of spacecraft in planetary atmospheres.He was also involved in the part of the space program that tries to effectively predict dangerous phenomena such as hurricanes, dust storms and industrial pollution.