Executive Summary

Grant Kozlak
Jan. 5, 2012

Executive Summary

Installation 04, or what will otherwise be known as INS 04, is a small, productive mining community located on the Moon. INS 04 will consist of a mere 500 people, but will serve to mine precious metals and other materials. The main goal of the society will be to mine; mining, as well as earning money, will be everyone’s sole purpose for coming on the trip. Residents are expected to mine and work, and in exchange they will get houses, food, etc. This will lead the economy almost to a barter economy. With no money being distributed at INS 04, the residents’ families or bank will be the ones who receive monetary rewards for their hard work. Production is expected to be high enough to fully repay the station’s building costs in only a few short years. However, as residents work more and more, they may find their selves to not like the way of life at INS 04. With hard work being demanded so much, human beings may not be able to adapt very easily. This presents a problem because those residents will want to be sent home. If they are sent back to Earth, then another worker will be needed to go to INS 04, which means expensive fuel costs for transportation. The government will be simple; there is a board of ten directors. Every year, the directors are appointed new members. This goes for all the directors, except for the heads of Security and Science, which stay in duty for three years. Decisions made by the board will be primarily to increase or aide production. The entire government system at INS 04 will be very controlled. But to keep the colonists happy, they are allowed to do many things they could do on Earth. Residents will be able to gain as much knowledge as possible, and have some personal individuality. The Board Members will try to keep people as happy, but prodctive as possible. This will hopefully keep everyone at INS 04 happy, but organized as well. The main purpose of INS 04 is to mine for precious metals and materials, but the residents can still keep some individuality and personal style. This will lead the society to be very happy and organized, but also hard working and extremely productive.