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8 No Planet B

The document discusses the problem of humanity using more natural resources than the Earth can replenish annually and proposes spacefaring as a potential solution. It outlines arguments both for and against obtaining resources from space as part of addressing current ecological issues. Students are asked to research the scientific feasibility of living on Mars, the resources required to establish spacefaring, and the viability of space mining to determine if obtaining resources from space is a plausible solution.

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8 No Planet B

The document discusses the problem of humanity using more natural resources than the Earth can replenish annually and proposes spacefaring as a potential solution. It outlines arguments both for and against obtaining resources from space as part of addressing current ecological issues. Students are asked to research the scientific feasibility of living on Mars, the resources required to establish spacefaring, and the viability of space mining to determine if obtaining resources from space is a plausible solution.

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No Planet B!

- Then why is everyone talking about Mars?


The project this week is about waste management and sustainable living, as an individual
and as a society. You will be asked to consider needs versus wants, the difference between
possible and plausible and what you consider reasonable. All while learning about science,
technology, engineering and mathematics through an applied real-world problem.

We have prepared 8 different subtopics to be distributed amongst the groups and this page
represents the starting point for one of these projects:

Problem:
Problem area:
Did you know that until 1970 humanity was using less natural resources than the earth
could provide on a yearly basis? Today we are spending more than 1.75 times the
sustainable amount of natural resources, and it is still increasing. These natural resources
include land, fish, forests, fresh water and carbon dioxide. If we keep this up we will run out
of resources and the Earth’s ecosystems might never recover.
One thing that most people agree on, is that we should harvest less of Earth’s natural
resources. There has been proposed many different solutions; use less, recycle more, hope
technology saves us, or any combination thereof. One of the more novel ideas of newer
time, which prompted a counter from environmentalist movements like “No Planet B”, is to
simply not get our resources from Earth, but instead from space. Maybe we could even
abandon our burning ship and go live on Mars?

Problem definition:
What are the scientific arguments for and against spacefaring as part of the solution to our
current ecological issues?

Suggested paths and questions to pursue:


- How far are we from being actually being able to go to mars and live there?
- How would life be on Mars?
- How many of Earth’s resources will be spent to do so?
- How viable is space mining? Where would you go?
- Was Earth always hospitable to humans and will it naturally continue to be so?

Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/we-just-used-up-all-of-earth-s-resources-for-the-year-and-it-s-
only-july
https://www.noplanetb.net/
https://www.explainingthefuture.com/resources_from_space.html
https://astronomy.com/news/2017/05/could-we-live-on-mars

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Criteria and specifications:
Present your findings/ideas and products to a group of smaller children on friday. You have
about 8 minutes for every round. There will be 8 rounds. Use your creativity to win the
contest, since the best group wins a present.
- In english
- 7-8 minutes per presentation
- An appealing presentation (maybe with interactive elements?)
- Use visuals and paper models or show experiments
- Understandable for younger children

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