![]() ![]() The Svalbard Vault is the most secure and remote doomsday vault in the world, and the Cherokee seeds will join a depository that dates back to 1984. The Cherokee Nation has become the first North American indigenous group to store seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, nestled in Norway's far, far northern region. Cherokee contributions include sacred varieties from before colonists arrived in America.The remote Svalbard Vault in Norway acts as a nature preserve and military resource.The first North American native tribe to deposit seeds in the Svalbard "Doomsday Vault" is the Cherokee Nation.Presenting their idea at the IEEE Aerospace Conference held over the weekend, the team sees it as a "modern global insurance policy" against disasters that may befall Earthly civilization. Hence, the "Lunar Ark" where cryogenically frozen samples of sperm, eggs, spores, and seeds of 6.7 million species can be protected in safety on the Moon. The Moon might not be an ideal location for ease of access but it has advantages beyond being removed from the "doomsday" scenario that may have befallen our planet. In particular, the Moon's lava tubes and lunar pits could be ideal places to construct a modern-day Noah’s Ark, similar in concept to Svalbard's famous 'Doomsday' Seed Vault, but in a place. In particular, the Moon's lava tubes and lunar pits could be ideal places to construct a modern-day Noah’s Ark, similar in concept to Svalbard's famous "Doomsday" Seed Vault, but in a place where the climate crisis can't reach the specimens. ![]() Scientists Propose Building Doomsday Vault on Moon Preparing for a doomsday scenario that could destroy the Earth, scientists from the University of Arizona have proposed building an underground ark hidden in a network of tubes on the Moon that could provide a genetic backup for the planet, CNN reported. There are hundreds of lava tubes beneath the surface of the Moon. Scientists are pulling inspiration from Noahs Ark in a new lunar proposal that they call a global insurance policy. ![]() Thanks to the rock above, they are shielded from radiation and micrometeorites, and the extremely low temperature underground would be an asset for storing the samples, just like Arctic Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, is for the seed vault and the Arctic World Archive. They hope to send an ark to the moon, filled with 335 million sperm and egg samples, in case a catastrophe happens on Earth. Powering such a facility is also within current capabilities. Assuming a 30 percent efficiency, 191 square meters (2,055 square feet) of solar panels, would be enough to power the Lunar Ark. Construction and delivery would be a hurdle but nothing beyond the realm of possibilities. Superconductors exhibit incredible properties, such as allowing the flow of electricity with no resistance. They can also trap things in place thanks to a phenomenon known as quantum levitation. Preparing for a doomsday scenario that could destroy the Earth, scientists from the University of Arizona have proposed building an underground ark hidden. ![]() The samples from Earth could be made to levitate in place over superconducting tracks with robots allowed to move about on other tracks to check them. While this ambitious project may not be ready to be deployed just yet, the team has also proposed ways to study the Moon's lava tubes in preparation thanks to hopping and flying robots called SphereX. These lava tubes might not only house specimens of Earthly species but they could also be ideal for a permanent presence of humans on the Moon. "What amazes me about projects like this is that they make me feel like we are getting closer to becoming a space civilization, and to a not-very-distant future where humankind will have bases on the Moon and Mars," said Álvaro Díaz-Flores Caminero, a University of Arizona doctoral student leading the thermal analysis for the project. "Multidisciplinary projects are hard due to their complexity, but I think the same complexity is what makes them beautiful. ![]()
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