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A group exercise my wife did yesterday on her college induction. I though it was good and me being me tried to think out of the box but alas, I failed.
I have the actual NASA rankings for the items. The difference between yours and NASA per item is added up to give you a score. The lower the better as you have to try and get as close to NASA rankins as possible.
example. if you gave X a 6 ranking and NASA gave X a 10 you will score 4 with 4 being the difference.
My wife and her group got a score of 42 whilst I failed with a score of 64. I ranked them solo with no discussion.
Scenario:
You are a member of a space crew originally scheduled to rendezvous with a mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon. However, due to mechanical difficulties, your ship was forced to land at a spot some 200 miles from the rendezvous point. During reentry and landing, much of the equipment aboard was damaged and, since survival depends on reaching the mothership, the most critical items available must be chosen for the 200-mile trip. Below are the listed 15 items left intact and undamaged after landing. Your task is to rank order them in terms of their importance for your crew in allowing them to reach the rendezvous point. Place number 1 by most important item, the number 2 by second most important, and so on through number 15 for least important.
Items:
Lets see what you can do. Once a few rankings have been posted I will post your score. Remember, LOW score is good HIGH score is bad. Once everyone gets fed up I will post the NASA results.
I have the actual NASA rankings for the items. The difference between yours and NASA per item is added up to give you a score. The lower the better as you have to try and get as close to NASA rankins as possible.
example. if you gave X a 6 ranking and NASA gave X a 10 you will score 4 with 4 being the difference.
My wife and her group got a score of 42 whilst I failed with a score of 64. I ranked them solo with no discussion.
Scenario:
You are a member of a space crew originally scheduled to rendezvous with a mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon. However, due to mechanical difficulties, your ship was forced to land at a spot some 200 miles from the rendezvous point. During reentry and landing, much of the equipment aboard was damaged and, since survival depends on reaching the mothership, the most critical items available must be chosen for the 200-mile trip. Below are the listed 15 items left intact and undamaged after landing. Your task is to rank order them in terms of their importance for your crew in allowing them to reach the rendezvous point. Place number 1 by most important item, the number 2 by second most important, and so on through number 15 for least important.
Items:
- Box of matches
- Food concentrate
- 50 feet of nylon rope
- parachute silk
- Portable heating unit
- Two .45 calibre pistols
- Once case of dehydrated milk
- Two 100 lb tanks of oxygen
- Stellar map
- Self-inflating lift raft
- Magnetic compass
- 20 liters of water
- Signal flares
- First aid kit, including injection needle
- Solar-powered FM receiver-transmitter
Lets see what you can do. Once a few rankings have been posted I will post your score. Remember, LOW score is good HIGH score is bad. Once everyone gets fed up I will post the NASA results.