Last week, China and Russia agreed to jointly construct a lunar space station, which will be “open to all countries. The idea is similar to the Svalbard 'Doomsday' seed vault in Norway, that stores over a million seed. 'Doomsday vault': Scientists Propose To Build Huge Solar-powered Ark On Moon To Save Earth Species A team of researchers from the University of Arizona have made a proposal to build an ark, as a 'modern global insurance policy' for 6.7M species from earth. Some construction is already scheduled to take place on the moon for another project. Scientists want to build an 'ark' on the moon, filled with 6.7 million sperm samples. Scientists say that 250 rocket launches would be required to transport about 50 samples from each of 6.7 million species to the moon. Powered by solar panels, the underground ark would be accessed by elevator shafts, which would lead to a facility storing cryogenic preservation modules. Scientists think the tubes - 100 meters (328 feet) in diameter - could provide the perfect shelter for the precious cargo, protecting it from solar radiation, surface temperature changes and micrometeorites. (CNN) Engineers want to build an underground lunar ark, filled with millions of seed, spore, sperm and egg samples from.
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Scientists also still don’t understand how a lack of gravity could affect preserved seeds, or how to communicate with an Earth base.Įxperts uncovered a network of some 200 lava tubes beneath the surface of the moon in 2013, which had formed when streams of lava melted through soft rock to form underground tunnels billions of years ago. The vault would host 6.7 million species from Earth, cryogenically preserved and hidden inside a series of caves and tunnels under the moon’s surface. Experts want to build a doomsday vault for Earth's species on the moon.
But the team says that at such temperatures, metal parts of the base could freeze, jam or cold-weld together. The researchers said the project is dependent on advancements in cryo-robotics technology - to be cryopreserved, the seeds must be cooled to minus 292 Fahrenheit, while stem cells must be stored at minus 320 Fahrenheit.
In a paper presented earlier this month, the team from the University of Arizona think their concept could preserve life from Earth in the event of destruction of the planet we call home. Doomsday is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as one of Supermans deadliest foes, as well as the Justice League.
Similar “doomsday vaults” exist on Earth: The Global Seed Vault, home to just under 1 million seed samples, is located on a remote island in Svalbard, an archipelago located between Norway and the North Pole.
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