JCTyler Period3 February20,2014

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Hello,mynameisJCTyler,andIhavealwaysbeenfascinatedbythemoonanditsrelations withtheEarth.Duetothis,Ihaveputtogetheraresearchedreporttodiscoverifitispossibletoliveon theMoonifourEarthgetstoodangerousduetotheeffectsofnaturaldisasterslikethepolaricecaps meltingandtheEarthflooding,and/orouratmospherebecomingtofullofcarbondioxidewhichcauses cancer,andoceanacidification.Iamresearchingthistopicmainlybecauseifweneedtodosomething aboutthedangerontheEarth,weneedtohaveanpositivealternativetoturnto. Tostarteveryreport,youneedtohaveaquestionandahypothesis.Myquestionis,canwe inhabittheMoonifEarthgetstoodangerous?Ifwecanfindawaytorecreatethewatercycleonthe Moon,andalsoreceiveandreuseairtosustainlife,IthinkitisverypossibletoinhabittheMoon.To findthesetwofocalpoints,weneedtoresearch. Tofirststartofftheexperiment,Iwillresearchaboutthewater.Thethreethingsweneedto haveinordertohavewateronthemoonisproduction,trapping,andtransportation.Wecangetthe waterfromtwosourcesbutthemainandeasyoneisfromwaterbearingcometsfromspace.The cometscontainoxygeninthemineralsthatcancombinewithhydrogenthatisinsolarwindtocreate smallamountsofwaterthatcanbecarriedinthecometandcanarriveontheMoonwhenthecomet collideswiththeMoon.NowthewaterhasbeenproducedandhasarrivedontheMoon.Thenext focalpointistrappingandkeepingthewater.Thewaythesolarsystemissetup,mostplanetswould neverbeabletokeepwaterbutduetothewaythemoonispositioned,itcankeepwater.Themoonis ataslighttilt.Duetothis,asmallportionofthemoonnevergetssunlightsothewatercanstayinthe cratersontheMoonwithoutbeingevaporatedoraffected.Thecraterswillbasicallyactlikesmall

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oceansorseasthatcontainwater.IfcometshittheMoononthesurfacethatreceivessunlight,thewater canbeevaporatedintotheatmosphereandthencondensedintothecraters.Aftertheyarriveinthe craters,wecouldtransportthewaterfromthosecraterstothecratersontheshadowedsurface.Asyou cansee,thecratersplayahugeroleinthewatercycle.Althoughifthewaterwastohittheexposed surfacethatreceivessunlight,itwouldprobablyhaveashorterlifetimebecauseofthechanceof evaporation.Basically,ifcometshittheshadowedsurface,itwillhaveahigherprobabilityofsurviving. Theusesofwaterareverycomplex.Wecoulduseitforpossibleagriculture,drinking,and/orpower. Thesecondfocalpointistheair.Thiscertainlyisnotasdifficultaprojectasthewater.Infact, thewateristhemainwaywewouldgetoxygen.Theoxygenandhydrogeninwatercanbesplitby nucleargeneratorsand/orsolarpoweredstationstocreatebreathableandeffectiveoxygenandfuelfor rockets.ThiscouldbevaluablebecauseifweneededtogobacktoEarthforanimportantreason,we couldmigratethereinarocketpoweredbythisspecificfuel.Ofcourse,lifeontheMoonwould probablyneedsometweaksbutthesearethetwomainthingsinhumanlife. InordertotestmyexperimentIwillcoverthethreeelementsthatareessentialinhumanlife. Thesearewater,oxygen,andfood.Asyoucanseeinmyresearch,wecametotheconclusionthat watercanbeproduced,transported,andtrapped.Whichmeanswecankeepcreatingthewatercycle overandoveragain.Thenextkeyelementisoxygen.Aswellaswater,oxygenwasshowedinmy research.Cometscreatewater,andwatercreatesoxygenduetothedivisionofhydrogenandoxygen, thetwoelementsinwater.Thelastelementisfood.ThiswouldbeverydifferentfromfoodonEarth.If weweretomoveandinhabittheMoon,wewouldallliveahealthierlife.Mostofthefoodwouldcome fromtheplantsandcropspossiblycreatedbythewater.Thereprobablywouldntbeanyfastfood restaurantsordriveins.Asyoucansee,foodwouldbeverydifferentontheMoon.Wehavejust

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coveredthethreemainelementsofhumanlife. Ifeelasifmydataandresearchinthisreportwasveryconvenientbecauseofthewaythat water,oxygen,andfoodallhelpedeachother.Inoticedapatternofhowoneconnectstooneandthat oneconnectstoanother.Toexplainfurther,waterdividedandcreatedoxygenandthenoxygenwas veryessentialingrowingplantsandcrops. Asyoucanseemyresearchtestedwellandansweredmyquestion.Themainfocusisifit answeredmyhypothesis.Myoriginalhypothesiswas:CanweinhabittheMoonifEarthgetstoo dangerous?Byresearchingonthekeyelementsofhumanlife,Ifoundthatitisverypossible.AlthoughI believetherewouldneedtobechangesmadeaslifeontheMoonprogresses.Ithinkthiswilloccur becausethepopulationwilleitherincreaseordecreaseandtherewouldneedtobenewwaysofeating, breathing,andetc.Althoughtherewouldneedtobechangeslongterm,myhypothesiswasanswered. Nowthatwehavetheanswer,canweperformtheact?

WorkCited:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23645734 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_water#Possible_water_cycle http://www.uh.edu/newsevents/stories/2013/december/1216baohydrogen.php

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