Lunar Library

A "time capsule" with DNA information will be sent to the moon

Sergey Vasiliev, N+1

For several years, enthusiasts from the AMF (Arch Mission Foundation) have been promoting the Ark project. It is assumed that in order to preserve the information heritage of mankind, it should be recorded on extremely stable media and placed in "time capsules" that will be sent outside the Earth in case of a global catastrophe. Recently, the foundation announced the achievement of a partnership agreement with the global giant Microsoft and the Laboratory of Molecular Information Systems at the University of Washington, with the support of which a new capsule should be sent to the moon in 2020.

It is planned that Wikipedia articles, about 10 thousand digitized photographs, texts of dozens of great books and other data recorded on the thinnest nickel plates (shown in the photo), as well as in DNA sequences will be placed in the capsule. DNA synthesis will be carried out by the Californian biotech startup Twist Bioscience, but for now AMF and Microsoft have announced the reception of memorable pictures for recording: everyone can send them for the "Lunar Library" by posting a photo on one of the social networks with the hashtag #MemoriesInDNA. It is reported that the capsule will also contain instructions for decoding DNA – just in case of fire.

Speaking about the ultimate and global goal of their work, AMF refers to the ideas of the great science fiction writer and popularizer of science Isaac Asimov, whose books describe the "Galactic Library" – repositories of valuable information scattered throughout space. It is assumed that the foundation's project will really cover the nearest celestial bodies, including the Moon and Mars, and then the entire Solar System, in order to eventually really turn our entire Galaxy into a library.

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