Welcome to this Space Exploration challenge. In this activity, you will create a Space Mission Risk Review that helps a real audience understand an important question about space, science and society. You will choose a realistic space mission, identify what could go wrong, score risks, design safeguards and make a clear Go, Delay or Redesign […]
Choose Your Tools
Pick the tools that work best on your device. The skill matters more than the software. Chromebook, Windows, Mac and iPad users can all complete this activity successfully.
Use these to investigate reliable information, compare sources and keep track of evidence.
Use this to write plans, notes, briefings, reflections or structured written work.
Use this to build comparison tables, risk registers, rankings or simple evidence logs.
Use this to turn your final work into a clear presentation or briefing.
Use this to create infographics, design boards, maps, posters or visual reports.
Help learners choose a clear audience and final format for their Space Mission Risk Review. Ask them to explain what they are making before they begin, then support them to gather evidence, organise ideas and improve clarity without completing the work for them.
Successful work should include a clear mission brief, an eight-risk register with sensible scoring, a top-three risk summary, a safeguards plan and a recommendation that explains trade-offs rather than simply choosing the safest option.
Simplify by giving learners a fixed mission and pre-selected risks. Extend by asking them to research a real mission failure, compare crewed and uncrewed risk, or add budget and public trust considerations.
This mirrors work in engineering, transport, healthcare, event planning, construction, public services and project management, where teams must decide what is safe enough, what needs redesign and what evidence is required.
