If we found another planet that could support human life, but there was only room for 200 spaces on the ship, who should we take?

The Conundrum: Elon Musk’s dream has come true - we have found another planet that could support human life. However, there is a problem - there are only 200 spaces on the ship. The world’s population is 7.9 billion. Who should we take?

You have up to 1000 words to put forward your solution!

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• You could think of groups of people e.g. scientists, astronomers, politicians, law-makers, children, adults…

• You could think of individuals e.g. the Queen, Elon Musk, Boris Johnson, Greta Thunberg…

• Make sure your structure your argument - include an introduction, then plan out each paragraph, going through each of your main points

• Include a range of evidence, persuasive devices e.g. rhetorical questions, three-part lists