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Mars Colony RunTeam Decision Exercise
Your Mars habitat is failing, and the backup shelter is 45 miles away across dust, radiation, and suit risks.
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Use this high-stakes survival scenario to give the group one structured decision. Every team must explain priorities, work through disagreement, and reach one shared ranking before the reveal.
Focused and technicalMediumfuture-facing workshops
Sample items
Spare suit air filters
Suit repair kit
Teams debate the value of 9 items and lock in one shared ranking. The reveal compares their choices with the scenario's reference ranking, giving the facilitator concrete material for a debrief about priorities, persuasion, changing minds, and consensus.
Best for: future-facing workshops, STEM classrooms, higher-stakes group debate
What teams debate: Suit reserve, a known pressure leak, the direct route, and which contingency gear is worth carrying.
Debrief prompts
- Which item created the strongest disagreement?
- What assumption did the team make too quickly?
- Who changed their mind during the discussion?
- Did the team optimize for safety, speed, rescue, or certainty?
- What would you do differently in a real group decision?
Which would you keep inMars Colony Run
Cross the Red Dust
Suit repair kit
VS
Sealed drinking water container
VS
In the full session, your team ranks all 9 items
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full item list?
These matchups are just a taste. In the full session, your team ranks all 9 items, compares its choices with the reference, and revisits the reasoning behind them.