Conclusion

Forrest Walker
Julien Henry
Jan. 11, 2012

INS 04 aims to deliver new scientific discoveries and extract billions in raw materials from underneath the lunar surface. The colony is controlled by a Board of Directors elected by a UN council. Security and Science departments are the only constant personel while other departments are shifted out on a yearly basis. This insures that citizens won't get "Cabin Fever" and be unfit for work, Security and Science officials have 3 different shifts of a year each to also ensure they don't become too claustrophobic inside the station. Religious worship is prohibited while on station to prevent religious conflict amongst our multinational work force. These systems ensure the safety and sanity of our crew and maintains the productivity of INS 04.

Pay is high enough for most basic personel to retire after 3-4 years of service. Security has an easy job and has a minimum of 6 years of service (to make sure each officer serves 2 years on-station), however most continue work due to the lucrative benefits and vacation time. Science officials share a similar schedule to Security officers, but instead of keeping in shape on Earth they are coordinating with colleagues on station about important experiments. The Science department has stated that its eventual goal is to terraform the Lunar surface to more Earth-like conditions. The schedule for this procedure has not been decided by the Board as of yet.

Stability and peace are maintained by the fact that violations of rules can result in loss of pay and expulsion from the station. Money brings the people to the moon, so losing it over a bar fight isnt an attractive prospect to many of our employees. The Board is responsible for keeping the populace happy and maintaining productivity. Productivity is important so the station can meet quota and come out positive. Most years the station makes billions in profit from multiple precious minerals mined at the station.

As with any long distance relationship, keeping our station alive is a challenge. INS 04 is Earth dependent, it is our source of manpower, food, new oxygen filters, and is a place to ship all our ore. Craft comes on a 2 week schedule to both ship out ore, waste, and malcontents from the stations citizenry. If the ship doesnt come on time, trash can build up, mining will stop (due to ore containers becoming full) and mail wont be delivered. These challenges have been conquered and even if they do occur are not major setback on the road to space exploration.