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kalkulat@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Scientists Propose Lunar ‘Noah’s Ark’ to Preserve DNA of Endangered Species

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kalkulat@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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The vault would rely on its remoteness from human-made disasters and the Moon's naturally low temperatures to cryogenically preserve animal skin samples.

An idea worth pursuing I guess. My first question: in case this gets forgotten about in the distant future, how could it be marked so there’s a good chance of being found?

(Link to the AIBS journal article which inspired the question: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/advance-article/doi/10.1093/biosci/biae058/7715645?login=false )

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    Or said another way, “dark side” means “side facing away from Earth,” not “side that doesn’t get sunlight.”

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      That sounds like “far side” not “dark side”. I would expect a dark side to be, y’know, dark.

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        It’s dark in terms of radio contact from Earth.

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