Scientists have started plans for re-population, starting with the Semen Bank – on the moon.
In what they call the “modern global insurance policy”, mechanical engineers have proposed that humans establish a repository of sperm and ova-reproductive cells from the earth’s 7.7 million species.
And the proposed bank, or “ship”, will be below the surface of the moon.
As our planet faces the prospects of natural disasters, droughts, asteroids and nuclear war – to name a few – scientists say humans must keep an eye on space travel to save lives, as we know it.
Jackon Thanga, a study author at the Annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), said his team at the University of Arizona presented their report “for the modern arc for moon pits and lava tubes.” Aerospace conference on Saturday.
Due to the instability of the planet, he said, Earth-based reserves would weaken the specimens. As such, Thanga proposed to find a treasure of human seeds on the moon as soon as possible and exit from a variety of planets. It will store reproductive cells in the recently discovered lunar “pits”, from which scientists believe lava flowed billions of years ago.
The so-called “ship”, according to Thanga’s introduction, will then protect various species in the event of a global disaster. “As long as technology continues to reproduce these species we can save them – in other words, save them for another day,” he said.
According to Thanga, the pits are also the right size for cell storage. They go down 80 to 100 meters underground and provide “readymade shelter from the lunar surface,” which threatens “major temperature swings”, as well as meteors and radiation threats.
Thanga said many plants and animals were “seriously endangered” and that the cause of the eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Toba, 000,000 years ago, was a cause for concern, adding that it had caused a “1-year cooling period” Arranged with. Human diversity. “Parallels to the present day are due to human activities and other factors that we do not understand,” he said, adding that “already the last few decades have seen rapid damage.”
On the Norwegian island of Sputnbergen in the Arctic Circle, where scientists say the rock structure, unscathed by humans or elements, can survive, scientists say the “arc” concept is already at work in the Svalbard Global Seed Plant. . There are over 299,000 unique specimens, each containing an average of 200 seeds.
Thanga added that he was “surprised” by how his “back-f-envelope” estimate could lead to a “cost-effective” mission. No 50 samples to transport Each [6.7 million target] The species will launch 250 rockets. By comparison, 40 launches were needed to build the International Space Station, which sits in low-Earth orbit – much closer to the moon.
“It’s not crazy big,” Thanga insisted. “We were a little surprised about that.”
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