ESA to build Moon Base Alpha?

[Eyebiter]

Noah's Ark plan from top Moon man By Pallab Ghosh BBC Science Correspondent, at the BA festival The European Space Agency's chief scientist has said there should be a "Noah's Ark" on the Moon, in case life on Earth is wiped out by an asteroid or nuclear holocaust. Europe's first lunar probe is due to orbit the Moon in November Speaking exclusively to BBC News at the British Association Festival of Science, Dr Bernard Foing said the ark should be a repository for the DNA of every single species of plant and animal. Dr Foing is head of Europe's Moon missions, so his thoughts on matters lunar should be taken seriously. He is concerned that if the Earth were destroyed, there would be little or nothing left of the rich diversity of life on the planet. His solution is to build a DNA library on Earth's satellite. "If there were a catastrophic collision on Earth or a nuclear war, you could place some samples of Earth's biosphere, including humans, [on the Moon]," he said. "You could repopulate the Earth afterwards, like a Noah's Ark," he said. For the time being though, Dr Foing is awaiting the arrival of Europe's first probe to the Moon. The Smart 1 mission is due to arrive ahead of schedule in November. The spacecraft is testing a range of innovative technologies that should find their way on to many future European Space Agency probes. It is the first of what he hopes will be a fleet of robotic spacecraft sent to the Moon. They would be used to build a lunar colony.

[p2501]

i'm not sure about the DNA archive for humans. there would be too much bitching as to whose DNA is used, and then lawsuits would be issued becasue some group felt left out, and then the whole thing would get bogged down in court for the next 400 years. but colonizing the moon, aww hells yeah.

[erisi236]

but colonizing the moon, aww hells yeah. anytime I get to break that out is a good day.

[p2501]

heh heh i miss that gif.

[Danny]

now i may be a dumb teenager, but ive allways though why not just build ,over time, a bunch of 'eden project' style sturctures, and link em up and stuff and surely the plants there and the sun, which would give the same energy as here would eventually create a breathable atmosphere, granted with a little help from us. then we can move there, then pollute that then move on like locusts of the universe,lol.

[tju1973]

The ESA does not have the power, unity, or will to do something on the magnitude of a Lunar Ark. What good is the DNA up there with no one to "reconstitute" it when the technolgy gets there? Face boyos, we are stuck on this little green and blue turd orbiting a weak sun... Our best hope is for a global killer to hit and get it over with!

[p2501]

well i agree with the last part.

[Danny]

you fan boys never give up on the idea of a real night of the living dead, do you?,lol.