Scientists Propose Lunar ‘Noah’s Ark’ to Preserve DNA of Endangered Species (gizmodo.com)

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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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[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 10 points 8 months ago

Well... the Moon's surface is also constantly bombarded with rocks... in fact it intercepts a lot of objects that would hit Earth. For this thing to be really safe it would have to buried somewhere, not just left out in the open.

[-] thegr8goldfish@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago

Definitely underground. The temperature swings would be wild otherwise.

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Also the full force solar radiation. That's probably not good for DNA samples either.

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